Seeking clean slate, Icelanders elect historian as new president
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Icelanders elected historian Gudni Johannesson on Saturday as their first new president in 20 years, amid distrust of politicians and business leaders after the 2008 global financial crisis and the Panama papers scandal.
‘No need to write, David,’ impatient EU tells Cameron
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain need not send a formal letter to the European Union to trigger a two-year countdown to its exit from the bloc, EU officials said, implying British Prime Minister David Cameron could start the process when he speaks at a sum…
China bus fire kills 35
BEIJING (Reuters) – At least 35 people, including two children, died after a tour bus crashed and caught fire in central China, state media reported on Sunday.
Islamic State militants launch new attacks in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Heavy fighting between Islamic State militants and government security forces has claimed dozens of lives in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.
Assailant gets life for Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing spree
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Sunday for murdering a teenage girl at a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem last year, an attack he carried out just weeks after serving a jail term for a similar attac…
Kenya aims to cut size of Somali refugee camp by about half by end-2016
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya aims to reduce by almost half the population of Dadaab refugee camp which is home to about 326,000 mostly Somali refugees by the end of the year, a committee that groups Kenya, Somalia and the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said.
Belgium arrests two over ‘terrorist’ activity
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium arrested two people and charged them with “participating in activities of a terrorist group”, federal prosecutors said on Saturday, part of wide-ranging investigations following the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels that…
Australian PM urges stability vote in national poll after Brexit shock
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday used “Brexit” shockwaves to urge voters to return his government with a majority at a July 2 election, arguing only stable government can deliver jobs, economic growth and tough border controls.
Somali Islamist militants attack hotel in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group launched a suicide bomb attack on a hotel in the center of Mogadishu on Saturday before fighters stormed inside, police and the militant group said.
Cambodia opposition leader, speaking at refuge, says PM is scared
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – After a month living in an office at his party’s headquarters to avoid arrest, Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha remains defiant and said Prime Minister Hun Sen is scared of losing the 2018 election.
