Revising Japan’s pacifist charter not easy despite poll win: PM
TOKYO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, seeking to allay concern he would divert attention from fixing a fragile economy to revising a pacifist constitution after a big election win, said on Monday changing the charter would not …
Reports leading PKK militant killed in Syria not confirmed: Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has not been able to confirm reports that a senior Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commander had been killed in Syria, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday, in what would be a major blow to Kurdish militants.
Cameron says UK must stay close to the EU after Brexit
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – David Cameron said it was in Britain’s fundamental interest to remain very close to the European Union when it renegotiates a new relationship with the bloc it voted to leave in a referendum last month.
Thousands mourn murdered critic of Cambodian government
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Thousands of people gathered for the funeral of prominent government critic and activist Kem Ley in Cambodia’s capital on Monday, a day after he was shot dead in broad daylight inside a convenience store in Phnom Penh.
British PM candidate Leadsom apologizes to rival over motherhood row
LONDON (Reuters) – Andrea Leadsom, the junior minister seeking to become Britain’s next prime minister, apologized to her childless rival over remarks which suggested she had a greater stake in the country’s future because she was a mother.
Turkey jails seven more suspects in Istanbul airport attack
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court has jailed seven suspects pending trial on terrorism charges over last month’s triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main airport, bringing the number in custody to 37, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Sirte battle risks widening Libya political splits
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – When Western officials cajoled Libya’s warring factions to support a unity government this year, they said it was a chance for the rival armed brigades to unite against the common enemy, Islamic State.
Somalia’s al Shabaab hit army base, kill at least 10 soldiers
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab Islamist militants rammed a car packed with explosives into a Somali army base southwest of the capital on Monday and stormed inside, killing at least 10 soldiers, the group and a military officer said.
Family of killed U.S. journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a U.S. court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her.
Japan’s ruling bloc wins landslide in upper house election
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a landslide victory on Sunday in an election for parliament’s upper house, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation’s post-war pacifist constitution for the first time.
