Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strikes, shells
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said.
Renzi calls for less bureaucratic Europe ahead of three-way summit
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Europe needs to invest in defense, education and culture while breaking free of bureaucratic rules, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday ahead of a meeting with the leaders of Germany and France.
Foxconn says two employees at China plant died; cooperating with investigations
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Foxconn, which assembles Apple Inc products, said on Monday two workers at its manufacturing facilities in China died last week, even as the company made efforts to improve labor conditions that came under scrutiny after a spate of s…
Britain to create isolation units to counter extremism in jails
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will isolate Islamist extremists in special units in high security jails to limit their ability to radicalize other inmates, the government said on Monday.
U.S., South Korea begin joint drills amid tension after defection
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea kicked off annual military exercises on Monday, prompting warnings of retaliation from the North, as already-heightened tension on the peninsula has been inflamed by the defection of a Pyongyang diplo…
Two French aid workers killed in Madagascar
PARIS (Reuters) – Two French people working for an environmental organization in Madagascar have been killed, authorities said.
Islamist militant on trial in Hague over destruction of Timbuktu shrines
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The trial of an Islamist militant over the destruction of holy sites in Timbuktu during Mali’s 2012 conflict began in the Hague on Monday, the first at the International Criminal Court to cite destroying cultural artifacts as a wa…
Japan, China, South Korea foreign ministers to meet August 23-24
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet in Tokyo on Aug. 23 and 24 to exchange views on cooperation and regional and international issues, the Japanese and South Korean foreign ministries said on Monday.
Thailand bomb attacks the work of ‘at least’ 20 people: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police on Monday said at least 20 people were involved in carrying out a wave of deadly bombings in the country’s south earlier this month.
Pakistani forces kill six in new offensive near Afghan border
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces have killed six people in a remote northwestern valley near the Afghan border in a new offensive against Islamist militants in the area, the military said.
