Gallows humor in Brussels as EU gloomily awaits British vote
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Even before the shock of last week’s deadly Brussels bombings, gallows humor had taken hold in the square kilometer around Schuman Roundabout, the heart of the city’s European district.
Netanyahu cabinet at odds over murder probe of soldier in Hebron shooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli army murder inquiry into a soldier’s killing of a supine and wounded Palestinian assailant, the first such legal proceedings in six months of street violence, triggered friction on Sunday within Prime Minister Benjamin …
UAE court sentences 11 to life in jail on terrorism charges
DUBAI (Reuters) – A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced 11 people charged with terrorism and raising money for al Qaeda and Islamic State in Syria to life imprisonment, state news agency WAM reported on Sunday.
Bangladesh asks NY Fed, Philippines to help retrieve stolen money
DHAKA (Reuters) – The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank has sent formal letters to the New York Fed, as well as central bank and money laundering chiefs in the Philippines, asking them to help recover its stolen $81 million, a senior central ba…
Austrian minister calls for tighter border controls for EU citizens
ZURICH (Reuters) – Austria’s interior minister has called for tougher measures to protect the European Union’s borders from returning jihadi fighters, Austrian newspaper Oesterreich reported on Sunday.
Saudi reporter jailed for five years for insulting rulers: Amnesty
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has sentenced a journalist to five years in jail for insulting the kingdom’s rulers and “inciting public opinion” on Twitter, Amnesty International said.
Brexit would weaken EU security, says former U.S. military commander: paper
LONDON (Reuters) – A British exit from the European Union would significantly weaken the bloc’s security, David Petraeus, a former U.S. military commander and CIA director wrote on Sunday, urging Britons not to vote to leave the union at a June referen…
Suspected U.S. drone strikes in Yemen kill eight militants: residents
ADEN (Reuters) – Drone attacks killed eight men suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in southern Yemen on Saturday night, local residents said, as a U.S. campaign against the militant group goes on amid a wider civil war in the country.
Human rights on trial in Egypt as NGO funding case revived
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has launched a new crackdown on human rights groups, questioning staff and ordering asset freezes over accusations they took foreign funding to destabilize the country after the 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year r…
Myanmar army reasserts its key political role ahead of transition
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s armed forces commander-in-chief stressed on Sunday the need for the military to remain a political force just days before a democratically elected government is set to take power for the first time in 56 years.
