PKK bomb attack, clashes kill 12 in southeast Turkey: Sources
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants killed three Turkish police officers overnight in a bomb attack on their armoured vehicle as they travelled along a highway in southeast Turkey, security sources said on Wednesday. Another officer was seriously wounded in the attack in the Nusaybin district... read more »
Mexico demands speedy probe over tourists’ killing in Egypt
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto speaking with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi reiterated Mexico’s call for a “swift and in-depth” investigation to determine who was responsible for shelling the group. Pena Nieto over the phone on Tuesday expressed “Mexican... read more »
China to buy millions of tonnes of U.S. soybeans during Xi visit
the world’s top soybean buyer, will purchase millions of tonnes of the oilseed from the United States during President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country next week, industry sources said. A Chinese delegation will likely sign deals to buy “several million” tonnes of soybeans... read more »
Australian warplanes make first air strike in Syria
Australian warplanes have carried out their first air strike against the Islamic State group in Syria, destroying an armoured personnel carrier, defence minister Kevin Andrews has revealed. “This is part of our logical extension in the fight against Daesh to operate not only over northern... read more »
Father of drowned Syrian boys prepares to take bodies home
The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their bodies on Thursday and prepared to take... read more »
First Tamil in 32 years to lead opposition in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka’s parliament for the first time in 32 years on Thursday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic... read more »
Canada ‘takes back’ asylum refusal of drowned three-year-old Syrian boy’...
The family of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose photograph was taken at the Turkish beach where his body washed ashore, was seeking asylum in Canada but the family’s... read more »
The little Syrian boy who’s become the face of Europe’s migrant crisis
Aylan Kurdi lost his life crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. His five-year-old brother Galip and their mother also drowned in a desperate attempt to find a better life.Aylan’s... read more »
REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending...
Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a... read more »
