EU to seek more Turkish help in Islamic State fight

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will press Turkey to cooperate more closely in the fight against Islamic State and urge it not to undermine EU sanctions on Russia on a visit this week intended to give new impetus to often fraught EU-Turkish relations.

China denounces Philippine 'pressure' over sea dispute arbitration

BEIJING (Reuters) - China denounced the Philippines on Sunday for putting it under political pressure with an international arbitration case over disputed waters, and refused again to participate a week ahead of a deadline to respond in the case.

Labor movement 'concertmaster' tests Beijing's boundaries

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - When local officials warned striking shoe factory workers in China's Pearl River Delta this summer that they were breaking the law, a slight, bespectacled figure barely 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 meters) tall faced them down.

Typhoon churns across Philippines, more than 1 million flee

MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon plowed through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that toppled trees and power poles and cut off communications with areas where thousands were killed by a massive storm just over a year ago.

Venezuelan leader says racism in U.S. worse under Obama

CARACAS (Reuters) - Racism in the United States appears to have worsened during the administration of its first black leader, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday.

Clashes erupt in Athens after protest to mark 2008 police killing

ATHENS (Reuters) - Rampaging protesters threw petrol bombs at police and set bank ATMs, cars and shops on fire in central Athens on Saturday, the anniversary of the police killing of a teenager six years ago.