Turkey sacks defense official involved in China missile talks
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has removed Murad Bayar, Defence Ministry undersecretary for the state-run defence industries, from his post with immediate effect, the official gazette showed on Thursday.
Kandahar, cradle of Afghan insurgency, torn by tribal rivalry ahead of vote
(This March 27 story was corrected to clarify that frontrunners favored in Kandahar, and not both from Kandahar)
City on the edge holds key to Ukraine future
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Lenin looks out on Donetsk, unmoved, anthracite grey and steely eyed. But a century after his revolution, this Ukrainian industrial city of Porsches and poverty seethes around him.
China sacks ally of former security chief as graft probe widens
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former aide to China’s retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang was sacked on Thursday after authorities opened a corruption probe, state media said, the latest move targeting associates of Zhou, who is also under investigati…
South Korea sends back stray North Korean fishing boat
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Friday sent back a North Korean fishing boat that had drifted across a disputed maritime border off the west coast, the defense ministry said, defusing tensions in an area which has been the scene of deadly clashes in r…
Syria refugee crisis poses major threat to Lebanese stability: U.N.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An influx of almost 1 million refugees from Syria into neighboring Lebanon poses a serious threat to the already fragile country, but donor nations may not grasp the potential impact of further destabilization, a U.N. official sa…
U.N. warns of increasing militant links between Iraq, Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Thursday warned about Islamist militant networks increasingly forging links across the border of Syria and Iraq, which is fueling sectarian tensions in a region that has suffered from years of bloodshed….
U.N. Security Council members condemn North Korea missile launch
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launch as a violation of U.N. resolutions and will continue discussions on an “appropriate response”, the council president sai…
Brazil’s president loses support but on track to win re-election
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Popular support for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has faltered ahead of the October 5 presidential election, a poll showed Thursday, but the leftist leader remains favored to win a second term.
Malaysian jet search resumes, U.S. sends second Poseidon plane
PERTH (Reuters) – An air search of the remote southern Indian Ocean resumed on Friday, seeking to confirm if hundreds of objects spotted by satellites are debris from a Malaysian jetliner presumed to have crashed almost three weeks ago with the loss of…
