Russia’s military says Turkey’s airspace violation claim a ‘provocation’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turkey’s allegations that a Russian warplane violated its airspace are not backed by any factual data and are a premeditated provocation, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday.
China’s Xi sets up five new ‘battle zones’ in military reform push
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday inaugurated the military’s five new “battle zones”, the Defense Ministry said, the latest step in President Xi Jinping’s efforts to reform the country’s armed forces.
Russian air force continues pounding ‘terrorists’ in Syria: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s air force has carried out 468 sorties in Syria over the past week, hitting more than 1,300 “terrorist” targets, Russian news agencies quoted Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying on Monday.
Suicide bomber strikes outside police office in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 20 after joining a queue to enter an office of the civil order police, a senior official said.
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.
