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.
How Malaysia allows child abuse to go unpunished
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Most complaints of child sexual abuse in Malaysia do not lead to successful prosecutions, largely due to weaknesses in the nation’s criminal justice system, police, lawmakers and child welfare groups say.
Trial to begin of man accused of murdering British lawmaker before Brexit vote
LONDON (Reuters) – The trial of the man accused of murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox a week before Britain voted in June’s referendum on membership of the European Union is due to begin on Monday.
Philippines police boss says U.S. guns deal on after Duterte U-turn
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines police will push ahead with the purchase of 26,000 assault rifles from a U.S. supplier, the police chief said on Monday, following an about-face by President Rodrigo Duterte, who previously said the deal would be scra…
Russia-friendly Radev wins Bulgarian presidency-partial results
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian Socialist ally Rumen Radev, a Russia-friendly newcomer to politics, won the Bulgarian presidential election, partial official results showed on Monday.
Iraq troops aim to tighten noose on Islamic State in Mosul
BAWIZA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighborhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around Islamic State militants waging a brutal defense of their Iraqi stronghold.
New U.N. role needed to fight human trafficking in conflict: experts
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People displaced by war across the world are at heightened risk of human trafficking due to gaps in the United Nations’ response, campaigners said on Monday, calling for the creation of a new U.N. office to fight m…
