Indonesia, Philippines jointly patrol Celebes Sea to cut off militants
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines and Indonesia will jointly patrol the Celebes Sea this week to stop Islamist militants reaching the Philippines’ restive southern island of Mindanao, where rebels have seized a city, an army spokesman said on Sunday.
Two ruling party officials, 13 militants killed in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants shot and killed two officials from the ruling AK Party in southeast Turkey over the weekend, while the Turkish military killed more than a dozen militants in air strikes, state authorities said on Sunday…
Two mountaineers missing in Pakistani Himalayas feared dead
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities believe that two mountaineers, a Spaniard and an Argentinian, missing for over a week in Pakistan’s northern Himalayan mountains perished in an avalanche, officials said on Sunday.
Voting in Papua New Guinea marred by problems with electoral rolls, disruptions
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Polling in Papua New Guinea has been hampered by reports of disruptions and voters being left off the electoral roll, but the head of an international election observer group said on Sunday there was no evidence they were deliberate….
Former Israeli PM Olmert released from prison
RAMLE, Israel (Reuters) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, 71, was released on parole on Sunday from a prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, after serving 16 months in jail for corruption.
Three car bombs target Damascus, 20 killed
BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A car bomb killed 20 people in Damascus on Sunday and wounded dozens more, the Syrian foreign ministry said, the first such bombing in the Syrian capital since a series of jihadist suicide attacks in March.
Taiwan scrambles as Chinese carrier passes en route to Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan military jets scrambled to shadow a Chinese aircraft carrier passing through narrow waters separating the two sides en route to Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to China.
Trump discusses North Korea threat in calls with China, Japan leaders
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday and discussed the threat posed by North Korea, the White House said.
Japan PM’s party suffers historic defeat in Tokyo poll, popular governor wins big
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signaling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because of a favoritis…
Gulf deadline to resolve Qatar rift approaches
DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar faces possible further sanctions by Arab states that have severed ties with Doha over allegations of links to terrorism, as a deadline to accept their demands is expected to expire on Sunday night.
