Jordan threatens to expel Syrian envoy over missile comments
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. ally Jordan threatened on Thursday to expel Syria’s ambassador after he warned the kingdom that Syrian missiles could be used against Patriot batteries due to be deployed soon along their border.
Mexico says it rescues 165 migrants kidnapped near U.S. border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican troops have rescued 165 people, mostly Central Americans including children and pregnant women, who were kidnapped by a gunman in Mexico’s northeast and held captive less than a mile from the U.S. border, the government …
Europe criticizes Azeri leader over Internet defamation law
TBILISI (Reuters) – European institutions criticized Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday for signing legislation making defamation over the Internet a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment as the country prepares for an autumn presidential e…
Angola’s Dos Santos says risk of upheaval nil despite poverty
LISBON (Reuters) – Angola’s long-serving president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Thursday dismissed recent anti-government youth protests, saying the risk of social upheaval in the oil-producing country is inexistent despite a large rich-poor wealth gap…
Russia’s Putin and wife say their marriage is over
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, told Russians on Thursday that their 30-year marriage was over, confirming longstanding speculation that they had separated.
Britain’s Prince Philip, 91, in hospital for operation
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Philip was taken to a London hospital on Thursday for a planned operation on his abdomen, Buckingham Palace said, in the latest round of medical treatment for Queen Elizabeth’s 91-year-old husband.
Russia announces permanent Mediterranean naval presence
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security but which comes as Moscow faces off with the West over Syria.
Libya must hand former spy chief to Hague court: lawyer
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The lawyer for Libya’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi has demanded his surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, where he would not face the threat of the death penalty.
Lawmakers, activists urge Obama to press Xi on China prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers and 30 human rights groups on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to use a weekend summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to press for the freedom of 16 prominent political and religious prisoners.
Fighting between Sudanese army and rebels uproots 60,000: U.N.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – More than 60,000 people have fled a town in Sudan’s main oil region since it was attacked by insurgents in April, the United Nations said in a report on Thursday.
