Suu Kyi allies form Myanmar ruling party after decades of struggle
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmar’s parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the country’s first democratically elected government since the military took p…
Israeli troops shoot and kill Palestinian attacker in West Bank: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab them in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the military said, the latest in a months-long wave of Palestinian attacks that shows little sign of abating.
U.N.’s Ban says Saudi Arabia and Iran should compromise
DUBAI (Reuters) – Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran should reconcile and help resolve tensions in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
Syrian opposition to meet U.N. envoy after ‘positive response’
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition group said it would meet with the U.N.’s special envoy Staffan de Mistura later on Monday after he gave them a “positive response” and they received assurances from international backers on humanitarian issues…
Afghan suicide bomb kills 10, wounds 20: deputy minister
KABUL (Reuters) – Ten people were killed and 20 wounded, most of them civilians in Monday’s suicide bomb attack outside a police station in a busy area of western Kabul, Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Ayub Salangi said in a Twitter post.
Al Qaeda militants seize southern Yemeni town: residents
ADEN (Reuters) – Dozens of al Qaeda militants reclaimed the town of Azzan in Yemen’s Shabwa province on Monday, residents said, exploiting a security vacuum in the country’s south as a civil war rages.
Chinese man jailed for 23 years freed after verdict overturned
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man walked free on Monday having spent the last 23 years in jail after a court overturned a murder and arson conviction, state media said, the latest wrongful verdict to be overturned in the country.
War crimes should not be part of any Syria amnesty: U.N. rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) – Starvation of Syrian civilians is a potential war crime and crime against humanity that should be prosecuted and not covered by any amnesty linked to ending the conflict, the top United Nations human rights official said on Monday.
China says U.S. seeks ‘hegemony’ after South China Sea sailing
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Monday of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea.
Death toll up to 70 from Islamic State Damascus attack: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The death toll from a suicide attack in Damascus on Sunday that was claimed by the Islamic State militant group has risen to more than 70, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
