Indonesia ’99 percent’ sure most-wanted militant killed in clash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is “99 percent” sure its most-wanted militant, a supporter of Islamic State known as Santoso, has been killed in a clash with security forces, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Taiwan bus bursts into flames, killing 26, including 24 tourists from China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwan tour bus carrying tourists from China crashed into a highway railing en route to the airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing all 26 on board, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday.
Afghan Taliban dismiss reports of slowdown since change of leader
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.
Attempted coup adds to strains in uneasy U.S.-Turkey relations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government can do little for now but voice its concern as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan uses a failed coup attempt to purge thousands of his opponents and demand the extradition of a dissident cleric living in Pennsyl…
UK’s Johnson says Russia must join push to oust Syria’s Assad
LONDON (Reuters) – New British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Tuesday for Russia and other states to demand Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down as he prepared for his first meeting with Western counterparts on Syria’s intractable civi…
Philippines’ top court frees ex-president Arroyo after five years
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plunder case against influential former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after five years under hospital arrest.
Kidnapped Pakistani judge’s son found bound in chains
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani soldiers rescued the kidnapped son of a senior judge from his Taliban captors on Tuesday, after finding him bound in chains with his mouth taped shut and wearing in an all-enveloping burqa to hide his identity, t…
In rare move, Pakistan bars family from ‘forgiving’ son for honor killing
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities have barred the family of a murdered social media celebrity from legally “forgiving” their son for strangling her, sources said, in a rare stand against the so-called practice of “honor killings”.
Tarpaulin mishap delays Japan’s first military satellite by two years -sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – The launch of Japan’s first dedicated military communications satellite will be delayed by two years after a mishap with a blue tarpaulin damaged sensitive antennas during transportation to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, two gov…
Arrest of several dual-national Iranians could be politically motivated
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Montreal academic Homa Hoodfar was preparing to return to Canada from Iran in March when agents from Iran’s powerful paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps raided her Tehran home and took her laptop, phone, books a…
