Tritium levels reach new high at wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said on Friday it found elevated readings of tritium in groundwater near tanks that are holding hundreds of metric tons of contaminated water at the site.
China sentences three to death for ‘violent terrorism’ in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang sentenced three ethnic Uighurs to death on Thursday for acts of “violent terrorism”, including murder and being part of a terrorist organization, state media reported.
Assad: Syria to fulfil chemical weapons initiative if U.S. ends threats – agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syria will fulfil an initiative to hand over its chemical weapons only when the United States stops threatening to strike Syria, RIA news agency quoted President Bashar al-Assad as saying in a television interview.
South Asian arms race raises risk of nuclear war: IISS think tank
LONDON (Reuters) – An arms race in South Asia and Pakistan’s development of tactical “battlefield” nuclear weapons are increasing the risk of any conflict there becoming a nuclear war, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said on Th…
Al Qaeda-linked Somali militants kill U.S. jihadist
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A U.S.-born Islamist militant on Washington’s most wanted list was killed in a gunbattle in Somalia on Thursday, witnesses said, after he fell out with the al Shabaab rebel group’s top commander.
Hamas is training Egyptian Islamists: Egypt state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Hamas Islamist group ruling Gaza has been teaching Egyptian Islamists how to plant bombs in cars, Egyptian state television said on Thursday.
‘Putin the peacemaker’ tries talking to the U.S. public
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has found many ways and places to browbeat the United States over the years.
Egypt extends state of emergency by two months
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt extended a state of emergency by two months on Thursday because of the security situation, the presidency said in a statement.
Egyptian welcome mat pulled out from under Syrian refugees
CAIRO (Reuters) – Syrian Ghassan el-Shahada enjoyed tolerance and an affordable life when he first fled to Egypt as a refugee. But everything changed after the army took over in July.
Dozens of Syrian rebels and Kurds killed in clashes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A surge of clashes in Syria’s oil-producing northeast has killed dozens of rebels and Kurdish fighters in the past two days, activists said on Thursday, in fighting that highlights a struggle for territory and resources.
