Czech president says planned EU border force too small
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The European Union’s planned border patrol will be too small and member states should contribute soldiers to build up a force to protect the bloc’s external frontier, Czech President Milos Zeman said on Sunday.
Strikes on east Syrian town kill 63, including children: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 63 people, including nine children, have died in air strikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes on a town in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Thousands of Moroccans protest over public job cuts
RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of Moroccan trainee teachers and their families took to the streets of the capital Rabat on Sunday to protest against government plans to cut education jobs, defying an official ban on demonstrations.
Vietnam begins internal party election, leadership still uncertain
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s progressive prime minister was among preliminary nominations for the Communist Party’s central committee on Sunday, an official said, maintaining the possibility of him contesting the party leadership to be decided this week…
Wreckage found in Thailand unlikely to come from missing Malaysian jet
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A piece of suspected plane wreckage found off the east coast of southern Thailand on Saturday was unlikely to belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which vanished nearly two years ago, said aviation experts and Thai officials.
Saudi envoy comments on Iraq’s Shi’ite militias draw hostile reactions
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim lawmakers on Sunday accused the new Saudi ambassador of meddling in domestic affairs after he said the presence of Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias in the fight against Islamic State was exacerbating sectarian te…
Malaysia says arrests 7 Islamic State-linked militants suspected of planning attacks
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police said on Sunday seven members of an Islamic State (IS) cell had been arrested in a three-day operation carried out across the Southeast Asian country.
India, France eye intergovernmental pact to seal $9 billion Rafale deal: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – France will sign an intergovernmental agreement with India to clear the way for a long-awaited $9 billion deal to sell French-built Rafale warplanes to India, French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday.
Nepal’s crisis drags on as ethnic minorities reject charter amendment
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s ethnic minorities have rejected a constitutional amendment, dashing hopes of an end to a political crisis that has also led to fuel shortages, and hampered deliveries of relief materials to survivors of last year’s earthqu…
Indonesia’s second-biggest party to back President Widodo: website
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The leader of Indonesia’s second-largest political party has said his party will lend support to President Joko Widodo’s government, potentially making it easier to pass legislation by giving it a majority in the house of representa…
