By Ben Everill LAKE FOREST, Illinois, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Australian Jason Day missed out on a chance at a magical 59 on Friday as the world number three’s eagle attempt from 44 yards at the final hole of his opening round at the BMW Championship came up short. Day was bidding to become only the seventh player to shoot a magical 59 on the PGA Tour and first since
By Maja Zuvela and Igor Ilic TOVARNIK, Croatia/ZAGREB (Reuters) – After suddenly landing in the path of the biggest migration in Europe for decades, Croatia said on Friday it could no longer offer them refuge and would wave them onwards, challenging the EU to find a policy to receive them. The migrants, mostly from poor or war-torn countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, have streamed into Croatia since
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday issued regulations easing restrictions on American companies seeking to do business in Cuba and opening up travel in the latest action to weaken the U.S. trade embargo amid warming relations with the Communist country. The rules, which take effect on Monday, Sept. 21, target travel, telecommunications, Internet-based services, business operations and banking, and allow U.S. companies to establish a
U.S. President Barack Obama believes that holding military talks with Russia on Syria is an important next step and hopes they will take place very shortly, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday. Russia, which is building up a military presence in Syria, was quick to say that Moscow was also ready for talks with the United States. At a meeting in London with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister
China said on Friday it was “extremely concerned” about a suggestion from a top U.S. commander that U.S. ships and aircraft should challenge China’s claims in the South China Sea by patrolling close to artificial islands it has built. China’s increasingly assertive action to back up its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea have included land reclamation and the construction of ports and air facilities on several reefs in
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani air force base early on Friday, killing at least 17 people, most of whom were offering prayers in a mosque, a military spokesman said, the deadliest such attack in years. The assault shows the Taliban retain the capability to mount devastating attacks despite a military campaign and tougher government measures against them following the massacre of more than
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – For Vladimir Putin, Russia’s military build-up in Syria is a potential diplomatic trump card and a handy way of diverting attention from Ukraine’s frozen conflict. When it saw several months ago that Syrian government forces were retreating on several fronts at a rate that threatened President Bashar al-Assad, its closest Middle East ally, the Kremlin quietly decided to despatch more men, weaponry and armor,
LONDON (AP) — A court hearing involving the Lotus Formula One team was adjourned again on Friday amid reports that a takeover by French manufacturer Renault is imminent.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes unleashed a wave of deadly airstrikes on the Islamic State-held town of Palmyra in central Syria on Friday, killing at least 15 and wounding many more, activists said, in some of the heaviest bombardment since the extremist group seized the ancient town May 10.
