Islamic State leaves Syria-Lebanon border zone
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families left the Lebanon-Syria border region on Monday under Syrian military escort, surrendering their enclave and traveling to eastern Syria after a week-long battle.
Finnish court names knife attack suspect
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The Moroccan asylum seeker who told a court he killed two women in a knife attack in Finland is called Abderrahman Bouanane, legal papers showed on Monday.
India and China agree to end border standoff
NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) – India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday.
U.N. moves to protect South Sudan civilians after years of criticism
KAMPALA (Reuters) – United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan are moving more aggressively to protect civilians caught in the country’s four-year civil war, after years of criticism for failures that led to the sacking of the mission’s military chief …
France holds migration summit after backtracking on asylum hotspots in Africa
PARIS (Reuters) – Getting Europe’s migrant crisis under control will be in focus at a summit of Europe’s “big four” continental powers and three African nations in Paris on Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron seeking concrete action.
Vietnam president appears in public for first time in more than a month
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Monday, ending an absence from the political scene that triggered online speculation about his health and position.
In Syrian skies, U.S. pilots learn how fast air war can morph
U.S. MILITARY FACILITY IN MIDDLE EAST (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force pilot Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Renken knew that whatever happened next might escalate the war in Syria.
Philippines’ Duterte says police can kill ‘idiots’ who resist arrest
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Indonesian woman jailed for suicide bomb plot at Jakarta palace
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A Jakarta court has sentenced a female would-be suicide bomber to seven and a half years in prison, prosecutors and her lawyer said, the first time a woman has been convicted in Indonesia for planning such an attack.
Whereabouts of former Thai PM Yingluck unknown, defense minister says
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s defense minister on Monday said he did not know the whereabouts of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, days after she failed to show up for a verdict in her trial for negligence at which she faced up to 10 years in…
