Children strapped with explosives kill nine in north Cameroon
DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) – Two children carrying explosives blew themselves up on Friday near a camp in northern Cameroon housing civilians displaced by Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, killing nine people and wounding 30, officials said.
Laptop ban, protectionism hang over booming air travel industry
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) – Air travel is heading for a bumper year, but global airline leaders meeting in Mexico are concerned about the impact of an escalating row over laptop bans and rising protectionism.
Palestinian girl, shot after stabbing Israeli soldier, dies: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A teenage Palestinian girl who was shot by Israeli troops after she stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank died of her wounds in hospital on Friday, Israel’s military and a medical center spokeswoman said.
Scotland’s Sturgeon says no longer certain Conservatives will increase majority
LONDON (Reuters) – Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday she still expected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives to win a majority at next week’s national election, but was no longer certain it would increase.
Japan hotel won’t remove books that deny Nanjing Massacre during Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese hotelier who denies that a 1937 massacre by Japanese troops in the Chinese city of Nanjing ever took place has “no intention” of removing books with his revisionist views from his hotels during the 2020 Summer Olympics in T…
Mass rallies end Cambodian election campaign; local polls a test for strongman PM
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of supporters of both Cambodia’s ruling party and the opposition held rallies in Phnom Penh on Friday ahead of local elections on Sunday seen as a test of support for veteran strongman Hun Sen ahead of a 201…
Mattis says U.S. committed to Asia-Pacific as allies seek clear policy
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday the United States remains committed to its Asia-Pacific allies, as he arrived in Singapore for the region’s premier defense and security forum.
General leading Philippine battle with Islamists relieved of command
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – The general leading an offensive against pro-Islamic State militants holed up in a southern Philippine town has been relieved of his command, an army spokesman said on Friday, the 11th day of the country’s biggest s…
Afghans protesting after truck bomb killed in clash with police
KABUL (Reuters) – Protesters demanding the resignation of the Afghan government after this week’s devastating truck bomb clashed with riot police in Kabul on Friday in a confrontation that resulted in at least four deaths.
Top Merkel aide rejects Trump’s call to renegotiate global climate deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office on Friday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to renegotiate a landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change.
