Singapore ministerial panel wants next government to make decision on Lee family home
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A ministerial committee set up to examine the future of a house that is at the center of a family feud between Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his two siblings said on Monday it had decided a future government of the …
UNHCR concerned over safety of 56 Rohingya refugees in stormy seas
DHAKA (Reuters) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Monday it was concerned about the safety of 56 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on a boat bound for Malaysia in stormy seas.
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A Boko Haram attack in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed at least 15 people and wounded 83, a military spokesman said on Monday, in the biggest strike since the government said it was in talks with the Islamist milita…
Putin to visit Ankara for talks with Turkey, Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day visit to Turkey from Tuesday where he will meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the Kremlin said on Monday.
First buses with fighters from last Ghouta rebel bastion head north: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two buses carrying the first group of Jeish al-Islam fighters and their families on Monday left the city of Douma, the last rebel bastion in eastern Ghouta, en route for northern Syria, Syrian state TV said.
Nobel winner Malala Yousafzai leaves Pakistan to return to Britain
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan for London on Monday after a four-day whirlwind visit back to her homeland, her first since militants nearly killed her in 2012, an official said.
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri: emergency services
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suspected Boko Haram attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 15 people and wounded 68, an emergency agency official said on Monday, in the biggest strike since the government said it was in talks with …
Four dead, one missing as cyclone causes floods in Fiji
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Floods caused by a tropical cyclone that brought torrential weekend rains to the Pacific island nation of Fiji have killed four people, with another presumed drowned, a disaster management official said on Monday.
Philippines starts vote recount in Marcos son’s contest for vice presidency
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday began a manual recount of votes in a vice presidential election after the son and namesake of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos contested the outcome, while the incumbent assured supporters her win was not in…
Earthquake of 6.3 magnitude strikes southwest of Tonga: USGS
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, 427 km southwest of the island of Tonga, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
