Nepal’s new prime minister names core team, seeks reconciliation
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s new Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda named a minority leader to the key position of home minister in his first appointments on Thursday, seeking reconciliation after months of protests by southern plainsfolk over a new cons…
Turkey detains 20 suspected Islamic State members: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 20 suspected members of the Islamic State militant group in the southern city of Adana early on Thursday, the private Dogan news agency reported.
Bangladesh detains two over July cafe attack that killed 20 hostages
DHAKA (Reuters) – A court in Bangladesh on Thursday allowed police to detain two men over an attack claimed by militant group Islamic State on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, that killed 20 hostages, mostly foreigners.
‘Jump! Jump!’ – video shows chaos in cabin of crashed Emirates plane
DUBAI (Reuters) – Amateur video taken inside a crashed Emirates Boeing 777 shows chaos as passengers try to grab their luggage from overhead compartments while one woman, apparently a flight attendant, shouts at them to evacuate the plane.
South Sudan security forces killed, raped civilians -UN
GENEVA (Reuters) – Government soldiers and security forces in South Sudan executed civilians and gang-raped women and girls during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month in the capital Juba, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Japan’s defense minister ducks questions on war aggression, Nanjing massacre
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s new defense minister, known for her revisionist views of Japan’s wartime actions, declined on Thursday to say whether Japan liberated or invaded Asian countries before World War Two or if Japanese troops massacred civilians in…
Bosnian ‘Indiana Jones’ digs for controversy again with park
VISOKO, Bosnia (Reuters) – In a far-flung valley of Bosnia, volunteers are building a spiral-shaped botanical garden in a new park and carving marble obelisks with cosmic signs while visitors meditate in tunnels.
Sudan floods kill 76, destroy thousands of houses
CAIRO (Reuters) – Floods and heavy rain in Sudan have killed 76 people and destroyed thousands of homes in recent days, the interior minister said on Thursday.
Former Thai PM Thaksin says charter a ‘folly’ ahead of referendum
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday criticised a military-backed draft constitution as a “folly” that would perpetuate the power of the ruling junta and make it impossible for future elected governments to rule…
Pentagon not to pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon will not pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements after U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter decided not to tell Congress that Pakistan was taking adequate action against the Haqqani network, a U.S. offic…
