UK’s Corbyn says expects to be on ballot as Labour heads for bitter leadership contest
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party is set for a bitter leadership battle after leader Jeremy Corbyn said he expected to be automatically on the ballot and would challenge any attempt to prevent him from entering the contest.
Gunmen kidnap three Indonesians off Malaysian state of Sabah
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped three Indonesian members of a tugboat crew off Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah, police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of abductions in a region noted for kidnappings by Islamist militants.
Zambia elections body halts campaigning in capital over violence
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s electoral commission has suspended campaigning in two areas, including the capital Lusaka, due to escalating political violence before the Aug. 11 elections, it said late on Saturday.
Kurdish militant bomb attack on Turkish army outpost kills two: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants carried out a car bomb attack on a military outpost in southeastern Turkey overnight, killing one soldier and a member of the state-sponsored village guard militia, security sources said on Sunday.
Coalition air strikes, Turkish army kill eight Islamic State militants: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Air strikes by U.S.-led coalition warplanes and artillery fire from Turkey killed eight Islamic State fighters in northern Syria, state-run Anadolu Agency cited the Turkish military as saying on Sunday.
Gunfire heard in parts of south Sudan capital Juba on Sunday – Reuters witness
JUBA (Reuters) – Gunfire erupted again in parts of South Sudan capital Juba on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, after gunbattles between rival troops last week raised fears over a fragile peace process in Africa’s newest country.
Awaiting Hague court verdict, Filipinos hope to fish without fear of China
INFANTA, Philippines (Reuters) – For years, the fishermen of the sleepy Philippine town of Infanta cared little for politics, international diplomacy and centuries-old squabbles over sovereignty.
Afghan forces’ casualties climbing in 2016, top U.S. commander says
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan forces are suffering rising levels of battlefield casualties this year after unprecedented numbers of police and soldiers were killed and wounded in 2015, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said.
Despite fatigue, NATO commits to fund Afghan forces to 2020
WARSAW (Reuters) – NATO allies agreed on Saturday to help fund Afghan security forces to the tune of around $1 billion annually over the next three years, despite public fatigue in Western countries about their involvement in the long-running conflict….
Former UK deputy PM Prescott says now believes Iraq invasion illegal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain broke international law when it invaded Iraq in 2003, its deputy prime minister at the time, John Prescott, said on Sunday in the wake of a critical report on the decision.
