Gaza athlete still runninng despite West Bank marathon ban
GAZA (Reuters) – Kicking up dust on the back roads of northern Gaza within sight of the Israeli fence that seals off the enclave, Olympic athlete Nader Al-Masri is still training, despite being barred from competing in his people’s largest sporting eve…
Anti-China protesters leave Taiwan parliament, vow to fight on against pact
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Hundreds of student protesters filed out of Taiwan’s parliament on Thursday after occupying the legislature for more than three weeks and vowed to press on with their campaign against a trade pact with Communist mainland China.
Iran proposes Arak reactor change to cut plutonium output: media
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has made a proposal that would significantly lower plutonium production at a planned reactor, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying, signalling flexibility on a key issue in talks to end the nuclear dispute with world p…
New ‘pings’ stoke optimism for Malaysia plane hunt
SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – A new acoustic signal was detected in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Thursday, further boosting confidence that officials are zeroing in on the missing plane after weeks of searching.
Egypt steps up campaign to control mosques
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian government has stepped up a campaign to curb Muslim Brotherhood influence over mosques, saying it has licensed more than 17,000 state-approved clerics to give Friday sermons to stop places of worship falling “into the han…
Kuwait says three citizens abducted in Syria
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait said three of its citizens have been kidnapped in Syria and it has asked Turkey for help in trying to secure their release.
Israeli minister urges Netanyahu to annex settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Israeli minister has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex a swathe of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying peace talks with the Palestinians were dead.
Eight school children killed in Chinese bus crash
BEIJING (Reuters) – Eight school children died in a bus crash on China’s southern island province of Hainan on Thursday on their way to a school outing, state media reported, in the latest in a string of traffic accidents to fuel public anger.
After Indonesia’s surprise election, top party hunts for friends
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is set for a period of political uncertainty after an unconvincing election win by the main opposition party which will likely force it to find allies to back its candidate in a July vote for president of Southeast Asia’s …
Turkey keeps YouTube block despite court rulings
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities defied court orders and reaffirmed a ban on YouTube imposed after the posting of illicit recordings of top secret security talks that was cited by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as part of a “dirty campaign” to t…
