Turkey’s Erdogan says no room for dialogue in Kurdish conflict
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday ruled out reviving peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and vowed to stamp out the conflict, at its deadliest in two decades, once and for all.
Bangladesh police find arms cache after militants blow themselves up
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police said on Monday they had found a big cache of weapons and explosives in a militant hideout they raided after two militants blew themselves up there by accident.
Lufthansa to restart some flights to Brussels airport on Tuesday
BERLIN (Reuters) – Lufthansa said it will recommence some flights to Brussels airport this week, after the airport restarted partial operations on Sunday following the suicide bomb attack that destroyed its departure hall and killed 16 people last mont…
Sweden allots extra $1.23 billion for teachers, medics amid migrant influx
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden said on Monday it would allot an extra 10 billion crowns ($1.23 billion) to regional and local authorities to hire more teachers and healthcare workers to help cope with a migrant influx that has strained public services.
Planes collide on Indonesian runway, no casualties
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two planes collided on a runway at a city airport in the Indonesian capital late on Monday, forcing passengers to evacuate using inflatable ramps.
South African ruling party in crisis talks over Zuma scandal
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party held crisis talks on Monday to discuss the fallout from a court ruling last week that President Jacob Zuma flouted the Constitution, triggering calls for him to resign…
Cambodia passes disputed trade union law as tension flares
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s parliament approved a disputed trade union law on Monday without making changes demanded by labor groups and the opposition, who decried it as too strict and designed to limit workers’ rights.
Iranian commandos deployed to Syria as advisers: officer
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has sent commandos to Syria as advisers, a military official said on Monday, suggesting it is using its army as well as paramilitary forces to help President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in the country’s civil war.
New Commonwealth chief says ‘don’t pit us against EU’ in Brexit debate
LONDON (Reuters) – Campaigners who say Commonwealth ties should replace links with the European Union are offering voters a false choice ahead of Britain’s June 23 EU referendum, Patricia Scotland, the newly appointed Commonwealth Secretary-General, sa…
Gunbattles rock Brazzaville in wake of disputed Congo election
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Gunbattles rocked the capital of the Congo Republic on Monday, shattering a relative calm that had followed President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election in a disputed poll last month.
