Rights group calls on Myanmar to probe alleged military abuse after beatings video emerges
YANGON (Reuters) – Human rights advocates called on Myanmar to investigate the actions of some of its soldiers on Saturday after footage of people being treated violently by uniformed men went viral.
Sri Lanka seeks international help after deadly flooding, landslides
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The number of people known to have been killed in floods and landslides in Sri Lanka rose to 113, officials said on Saturday, as the country appealed for international assistance.
India’s Muslim meat traders plan legal action over new rules
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian meat traders plan to take the government to court over new rules banning the trading of cattle including buffalo for slaughter, calling it a move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to hurt the business run mai…
Philippines halts peace talks with rebels
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine government peace negotiators cancelled formal peace talks with Maoist-led rebels in the Netherlands on Saturday after New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas stepped up offensives in the countryside.
BA cancels flights from London as global IT outage causes chaos
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways canceled all its flights from London’s two biggest airports on Saturday after a global computer system failure caused confusion and chaos, with thousands of passengers queuing for hours and planes left stuck on runway…
Two British jets dispatched after Russian incursion
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British fighter jets were dispatched from a Royal Air Force base in Scotland on Saturday after an incursion by Russian jets, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
Islamic State claims deadly shooting of Egyptian Christians
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State said on Saturday that its fighters had carried out a shooting that killed dozens of Egyptian Christians on Friday, according to a statement from the group.
Putin and Erdogan want deeper strategic partnership: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan confirmed in a phone call their mutual desire for a deepening of the strategic partnership between their two countries, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Erdogan says EU presented Turkey with new 12-month diplomatic timetable: Hurriyet
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the European Union had presented Turkey with a new 12-month timetable for renewing their relations, the Hurriyet daily said on Saturday.
Putin discusses Syria, economic ties with Iran’s Rouhani: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani held a phone call in which the two leaders stressed the need for more joint efforts to resolve the Syria crisis and discussed economic ties, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
