Sixteen injured from a tourist boat explosion in southern Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A tourist speedboat carrying 31 passengers exploded in front of Phi Phi Le island in the southern Thailand province of Krabi on Sunday, injuring 16, mostly tourists from China, the Phi Phi police told Reuters.
Bomb wounds Hamas official in Lebanon: sources, al-Manar TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb blast wounded an official of the Palestinian group Hamas in the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday, destroying his car, security sources and the Hezbollah movement’s al-Manar television station reported.
Plane skids off Turkish runway on Black Sea coast, passengers unhurt
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black Sea, but no passengers or crew were hurt, Turkish media reported on Sunday.
Scottish leader says will look at independence vote by end of year
LONDON (Reuters) – Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would be able to make a judgment on whether to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence by the end of this year after a shape of a deal between Britain and the European Unio…
Brexit vote may be reversed, says British campaigner Farage
LONDON (Reuters) – Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave the European Union could be overturned by a powerful group of the bloc’s supporters.
Iranian oil tanker in danger of capsizing ‘at any time’: Chinese state TV
BEIJING (Reuters) – A stricken Iranian oil tanker that had drifted into Japan’s exclusive economic zone “suddenly ignited” at noon (0400 GMT), and was in danger of capsizing “at any time”, Chinese state television said on Sunday.
Myanmar, Bangladesh meet amid doubts about Rohingya repatriation plan
DHAKA/YANGON (Reuters) – Hamid Hussain, a 71-year-old Rohingya Muslim farmer, first fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in 1992. He went home the next year under a repatriation deal between the two neighbors, only to repeat the journey last September when viol…
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in settlement talks with government: sources
DUBAI/JEDDAH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a possible settlement with authorities but so far has not agreed on terms, a senior Saudi offici…
Exiled Cambodian opposition members set up new movement
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Foreign-based members of Cambodia’s dissolved opposition party have launched a movement to demand the release of its detained leader and to call for free and fair elections and possibly protests.
Israel says destroyed Gaza attack tunnel under Israel, Egypt borders
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Sunday it had destroyed a cross-border attack tunnel that ran from Gaza into Israel and Egypt, dug by the Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Palestinian enclave.
