South Korea seizes North Korean boat amid new tensions
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s military on Thursday seized a North Korean fishing boat that it said had crossed a disputed maritime border after ignoring warnings to retreat amid growing tension between the two sides.
Support for Brazil president drops ahead of October vote
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Popular support for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has faltered ahead of October’s presidential election, a poll showed Thursday, although she remains a favorite to win a second term.
Israel to allow materials into Gaza for Turkish hospital
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday it will allow into the Gaza Strip construction materials and electric equipment to help build a Turkish-sponsored hospital, in a possible sign of improving ties with Ankara.
Turkey says Syrian air defences put Turkish jets under radar lock
ANKARA (Reuters) – Syrian air defence systems have “harassed” Turkish F-16 fighter jets patrolling their own airspace by repeatedly putting them under “radar lock”, suggesting they were about to be fired at, the Turkish military said on Thursday.
China loses WTO bid to overturn U.S. law against unfair subsidies
GENEVA (Reuters) – China lost its bid to overturn U.S. legislation targeting unfair trade subsidies on Thursday, its second defeat in a World Trade Organization dispute within 24 hours.
U.N. launches investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations on Thursday launched an inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed by both Sri Lankan state forces and Tamil rebels during their conflict that ended in 2009, saying the government had failed to investigate properl…
U.N. watchdog urges Obama to review deadly drone policy
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights watchdog called on the Obama administration on Thursday to review its use of drones to kill suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants abroad and reveal how it chose its targets.
Egypt army extends power by taking charge of Gulf aid
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army is taking charge of billions of dollars of development aid from the United Arab Emirates, an army official said, raising further doubts over the narrow separation of powers with the military backed administration in place…
Chinese man given death for serial rapes of underage girls
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in eastern China was sentenced to death on Thursday for the serial rapes of 16 underage girls, some of whom he met online while posing as a teenage girl himself, state news agency Xinhua reported, a crime which shocked the nat…
Scottish financiers back independence as means of staying in EU
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of Scottish financiers came out in support of independence on Thursday to counter a flood of warnings over Scotland going it alone, cautioning that staying within the United Kingdom could mean losing European Union membership…
