West must fight Syria’s Assad if it wants to topple him: UK general
LONDON (Reuters) – The outgoing head of the British Army said on Thursday the West would need to fight a war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it wanted to have a “material impact” on his calculations.
Germany shocked by Russian sentencing of Navalny
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany expressed shock on Thursday over the jailing of Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny, saying the trial showed Russia had moved further away from democracy.
Syrian refugees demand help from Kerry at Jordan camp
ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) – Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect them.
Four killed, 40 wounded, in protest in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian paramilitary soldiers fired at protesters in the Kashmir region on Thursday, killing four and wounding 40 members of a crowd demonstrating against what they said was the desecration of the Koran by Indian security for…
EU concerned at Russian opposition leader’s sentence
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union voiced concern on Thursday at a five-year jail term handed down to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying the trial raised serious questions about rule of law in Russia.
Kurds seize town on Syria-Turkey border, Ankara concerned
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Syrian Kurdish party with links to Kurdish militants in Turkey has seized control of a Syrian border town after days of clashes with Islamist fighters, the Turkish military said.
New Belgian king faces tough task of uniting a divided nation
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The monarchy, along with soccer and beer, is viewed as one of the rare things that unify linguistically divided Belgium and when Prince Philippe becomes its new king on Sunday he will try to prove this is still so.
Europe’s top court rejects sanctions against Saudi businessman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday that EU sanctions on Saudi businessman Yassin Kadi were unjustified and that governments had failed to provide enough evidence that he was involved in terrorist activities.
South Sudan says cutting oil flows on Sudan’s insistence
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has reduced its oil output and plans to shut it off completely after northern neighbor Sudan insisted production be shut down by August 7, officials said, over allegations of support for rebels that operate across their bor…
Pirates raid chemical tanker off Togo, injure crew: sources
ABUJA (Reuters) – Pirates robbed a chemical tanker off the coast of Togo this week, a maritime agency and a security source said on Thursday, the latest attack in increasingly dangerous West African waters.
