Tunisia seizes three arms caches near Libya border
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian forces captured three large arms caches near the border with Libya over the weekend, including Kalashnikov rifles, rockets and landmines, the interior ministry said.
Russia says ready to move fast to fix ties with Washington: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to work fast to repair relations with Washington now that Donald Trump has been elected U.S. president, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Monday by RIA news agency.
Russia and Iran in talks over $10 billion arms deal: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Iran are in talks over an arms deal worth around $10 billion that would see Moscow deliver T-90 tanks, artillery systems, planes and helicopters to Tehran, a senior Russian senator said on Monday, the RIA news agency repor…
Bulgarian PM Borisov tenders his government resignation
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has submitted his minority government’s resignation to parliament, the government’s press office said in a statement on Monday.
Pakistan says seven soldiers killed by Indian shelling
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed by Indian shelling across the frontier in the disputed Kashmir region overnight, Pakistan’s military said on Monday, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors simmer.
Thailand’s ‘floating basket’ festival muted as country mourns king
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Celebrations for Thailand’s Loy Krathong “floating basket” festival were muted on Monday as the country mourns late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Australia PM says asylum seekers to be resettled in U.S. after Trump takes office
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister said on Monday resettlement to the United States of many of the 1,200 asylum seekers held in detention camps on Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island of Nauru will begin after President-elect Donald Trump…
Turkish warplanes strike 15 targets in Syria’s al Bab area: military
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes struck 15 targets in the al Bab area of northern Syria on Sunday in an operation with Syrian rebels to drive Islamic State (IS) militants out of the border region, the Turkish military said on Monday.
Clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine raise weekend death toll to about 30: state media
TAUNGGYI, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has killed about 30 members of what it has described as a Rohingya Muslim militant group, state media said on Monday, marking the largest escalation of the conflict since fighting erupted in the northwes…
Jihadists say Trump victory a rallying call for new recruits
KABUL/CAIRO (Reuters) – From Afghanistan to Algeria, jihadists plan to use Donald Trump’s shock U.S. presidential victory as a propaganda tool to bring new fighters to their battlefields.
