At least 36 killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria’s northeast: medics
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 36 people have been killed in multiple suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state at a mosque and a residential building, police and medical sources said on Friday.
Russia, ex-Soviet states to jointly defend borders in crisis
BURABAI, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – The leaders of ex-Soviet states, led by Russian President Vladimir Putin, responded to growing instability in Afghanistan on Friday by agreeing to create a joint task force to defend their bloc’s external borders if a cr…
Field marshalling – Thai military launches rural education plan
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s junta will send soldiers to rural areas to educate villagers on topics from careers to farming, a junta spokesman said on Friday, but critics say the scheme is a thinly veiled attempt to re-educate dissenters.
Suicide bombing, gunbattle kills 12 in western Yemen: security sources
SANAA (Reuters) – A suspected al Qaeda suicide bombing, accompanied by an attack with guns and grenades, killed 10 soldiers guarding an intelligence building in the western Yemeni city of Hodaida on Friday, security sources said.
Kyrgyz police kill one escaped Islamist, three remain at large: ministry
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Police in Kyrgyzstan have killed one of four Islamists who escaped from prison earlier this week, but the others remain at large, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
No laughing matter: Myanmar denounced for Facebook post arrests
YANGON (Reuters) – Rights groups on Friday condemned this week’s arrests of two activists in Myanmar who had mocked the army, warning that an escalating crackdown against free speech ahead of elections could derail hopes for the country’s democratic tr…
Weekend crisis looms for leader of Taiwan’s floundering ruling party
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s panicked ruling Nationalists party will likely ditch its candidate for January’s presidential election this weekend in a desperate move to avoid a trouncing by an opposition it fears could derail warming ties with China.
China proposes joint drills in South China Sea with ASEAN
BEIJING (Reuters) – China proposes holding joint maritime accidental encounter and search and rescue drills in the South China Sea with members of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) next year, China’s defense minister told ASEAN defense …
China to prosecute two former top officials for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – Two former senior Chinese officials will be prosecuted for suspected corruption, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Friday.
Turkey’s Erdogan and Obama discuss cooperation on Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed on the phone strengthening cooperation against Islamic State militants and what could be done about Russian military activities in Syria, Erdogan’s office s…
