Philippine troops kill 54 Islamist militants in the south
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces killed 54 Islamist militants linked to the Jemaah Islamiah group in a week-long air and ground offensive in the country’s south, an army spokesman said on Monday.The fighting took place near the stronghold …
Reconstruction of ruined palace begins in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani dedicated an ambitious reconstruction project on Monday to restore the ruins of historic Darul Aman palace, an initiative aimed at signaling a new future for the war-torn country.
Myanmar says record drug seizure has street value of $36 million
YANGON (Reuters) – Authorities in Myanmar seized roughly 21 million methamphetamine pills with a street value of around U.S.$35.5 million near the border with China, state-owned media said on Monday, the country’s second largest haul of the contraband…
Hopes and fears for jobs as Afghan cement factory reopens
JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – After a break of 20 years, Afghanistan’s first cement factory is once more clanking noisily in the countryside near Kabul as crushed-up limestone rocks rattle along a battered conveyor belt to the newly restored kil…
More than 20 killed in series of bombings in Baghdad, police says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 20 people were killed and about 50 injured in three bombings, including two suicide attacks, that hit Baghdad on Monday, police and medical sources said.
Two Tunisians killed in landmine blast near Algerian border: ministry
TUNIS (Reuters) – Two Tunisian civilians were killed and one other injured on Monday by a landmine planted by jihadist groups in a mountainous region near the Algerian border, the defense ministry said.
U.S.-backed Syrian alliance widens offensive near IS capital
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias is widening an offensive against Islamic State near its de facto capital of Raqqa, targeting an area where the group controls a disused air base, a monitoring group and a Kurdish official sai…
For many Chinese migrants, the lure of the city is fading
WENZHOU, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) – After two decades trying to make a life in China’s entrepreneurial city of Wenzhou, Ji Shouquan and his brother Shoufang are ready to head home.
EU’s Juncker accepts invite to Russia: spokeswoman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to attend an event in Russia next month, a Commission spokeswoman said on Monday, in a move that may stir debate on the EU’s fraught relations with Moscow.
South Korean cram school tutors deny wrongdoing in SAT leak case
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tutors at South Korean test preparation schools denied criminal wrongdoing during a court hearing on Monday involving leaked information that led to the cancellation of the U.S. SAT college entrance exam in South Korea in 2013.
