Rwanda signs $300 million in loan deals with China and India
Rwanda signed loan agreements worth more than $300 million with China and India to fund roads and irrigation, officials said, as leaders from the two Asian powers made their first visits to the East African nation.
Wildfire kills at least 50 near Athens, families flee to beaches
A wildfire killed at least 50 people and injured scores more as it swept through a small resort town near Athens, trapping families with children behind walls of smoke and flames as they tried to flee to the beach.
Greek wildfire kills at least 49, fire brigade says
At least 49 persons were killed during a devastating forest fire which broke out east of Athens on Monday, a senior fire brigade official said.
Japan’s Kishida unlikely to run in ruling party leadership race: Kyodo
Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, considered among contenders to be next prime minister, is unlikely to run in a ruling party leadership race in September, Kyodo news agency said on Tuesday, citing sources close to him.
Australia honors bravery of divers involved in Thai cave rescue
Australia gave state honors on Tuesday to nine people who helped rescue most of a Thai boys’ soccer team trapped in a flooded cave, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying their teamwork had set an example for world leaders.
Leader of breakaway South Ossetia meets Assad in Syria
The leader of South Ossetia, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia, met Moscow’s ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media reported.
Rights groups critical of muted international action ahead of ‘one-sided’ Cambodian poll
The U.S.-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) and rights groups say they are disappointed by the muted international action ahead of a general election in Cambodia on Sunday which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen is expected to win easily.
Thousands of Philippine poor nabbed in Duterte’s latest war – on loitering
Each night, police in teams of about a dozen fan out across the most rundown areas of the Philippine capital, rounding up slum-dwellers who linger in the streets, or teenagers who play in makeshift computer gaming shops.
Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics
Months after Iraq declared victory over Islamic State, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of kidnap and killing.
Greek wildfire kills at least 24 near Athens, residents flee homes
At least 24 people died and more than 100 were injured when a wildfire swept through a small resort town in eastern Greece, with many victims trapped by flames as they fled.
