Pakistan, spurned by U.S., considers offer of Jordanian F-16 jets
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan is considering buying used F-16 fighter jets from Jordan, media reported on Tuesday, after a plan to buy eight of the aircraft from the United States fell through because of the refusal of the U.S. Congress to finance th…
Philippines condemns execution of Canadian by al Qaeda-linked group
TORONTO/MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines confirmed on Tuesday the execution of a Canadian who had been held hostage by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Islamist militant group on a remote southern island with three other people since September 2015.
Indonesia to ramp up executions of drug traffickers
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to execute 16 prisoners after the Muslim Eid al Fitr holidays next month, and more than double that number next year, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office said on Tuesday.
Australia to hold first online leader’s debate ahead of July 2 poll
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The leaders of Australia’s two main political parties will hold an online debate for the first time in a national election campaign ahead of a July 2 vote, debate sponsors Facebook and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp said on Tuesday.
Corruption probe into Brazil’s Lula returned to crusading judge
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Supreme Court decided on Monday to return a corruption investigation into former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to a crusading anti-corruption judge who is presiding over cases in the sprawling Petrobras graft sc…
Shanghai airport blast culprit was indebted gambler, say police
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The man responsible for a weekend blast at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport that injured five people, including himself, was an indebted gambler who warned on Chinese social media that he intended to kill himself, police sai…
Venezuela lootings, food protests leave three dead in past week
CARACAS (Reuters) – A wave of lootings and food riots in crisis-hit Venezuela has left three people dead in the last week, authorities and a rights group said.
Powerful Saudi prince to meet Obama, Ban on U.S. visit
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince flew to the United States on Monday for meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Saudi media reported.
Polls show increasing support for Brexit; Murdoch’s Sun backs ‘Leave’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s “Leave” campaign opened up a 7-point lead over “Remain” ahead of a referendum on membership of the European Union an opinion poll showed late Monday, while the nation’s biggest-selling newspaper urged readers to vote to qui…
As Myanmar emerges from junta’s shadow, war veterans left behind
YANGON (Reuters) – Disabled and collecting fees to use a public toilet in a busy Yangon market was not how Kyaw Kyaw Oo imagined the life of a soldier when he lied about his age to join the Myanmar army at 16.
