Air strikes kill over 40 in northern Syria: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 40 people, many of them civilians, were killed by air strikes across northern Syria, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
Thai protesters force PM to flee meeting after three killed in Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Protesters seeking to oust Thailand’s government broke into the grounds of an air force compound on Thursday where the acting prime minister was meeting the Election Commission to fix a date for new polls, forcing him to flee.
Nigeria rejects swap of Boko Haram prisoners for schoolgirls: UK official
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president has rejected an offer from Islamist rebel group Boko Haram to exchange schoolgirls it abducted for imprisoned militants, but the government is open to broader talks with the rebels, a visiting British …
South Korea indicts four ferry crew for homicide
MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) – The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April, killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said.
Two London Times journalists released after being kidnapped in Syria
(Reuters) – Two London Times journalists covering the Syrian civil war were kidnapped by a “rebel gang” and one of them was shot before members of an anti-extremist rebel group intervened and secured their release, the Times reported on Thursday.
Taiwanese steel plant in Vietnam attacked by rioters: media
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A steel plant owned by Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan’s biggest investor in Vietnam, was attacked by rioters overnight, Taiwanese media reported on Thursday.
Exclusive: Israel’s David’s Sling will not win Polish missile tender – official
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel is poised to lose out on a deal valued at up to $13 billion to build a missile defense shield for Poland, an Israeli defense official said on Wednesday, citing lobbying by Washington on behalf of rival U.S. syste…
Italy’s Alitalia scraps Venezuela flights over currency dispute: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) – Italian airline Alitalia has canceled service to Venezuela as of June 2 due to delays in repatriating revenue under the country’s 11-year-old currency control system, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
Japan’s working poor left behind by Abenomics
TOKYO (Reuters) – Last Christmas Eve, Ririko Saito and her 11-year-old daughter gathered some plastic bottles, pots and a kettle and made several trips to a nearby park to get water. Their utility had just turned off the tap after months of unpaid bill…
White House urges dialogue, not intimidation in China rig dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday that a dispute between China and Vietnam that erupted within days of President Barack Obama’s visit to Asia to address regional tensions needs to be resolved with dialogue, not intimidation.
