Thai court indicts two men over deadly Bangkok bombing
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai military court has indicted two men accused of carrying out a Bangkok bomb attack that killed 20 people including 14 foreigners, making it the deadliest such incident in Thai history.
China, Thailand joint air force exercise highlights warming ties
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military held an air show with China on Tuesday ahead of joint maneuvers in a sign of warming ties, but Thailand said it was not distancing itself from the United States which downgraded their military relationship follow…
In taking economic war to Islamic State, U.S. developing new tools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since last month, U.S. warplanes have struck Islamic State’s oil infrastructure in Syria in a stepped-up campaign of economic warfare that the United States estimates has cut the group’s black-market earnings from oil by about a third.
U.S. appeals court withholds release of memos on targeted killings
(Reuters) – Memorandums on the legal basis for targeted killings of people in other countries that the U.S. government believes are involved in militant attacks can be kept secret, a federal court ruled in a document released on Monday.
Burundi suspends 10 civil society groups as crisis deepens
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s interior minister suspended 10 civil society groups, accusing them of fueling widespread violence in recent months, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Australia urges more intelligence sharing in Asia to stop Paris-style attack
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday called for greater intelligence sharing in Southeast Asia to stop a Paris-style attack and ordered local law enforcement officials to test their readiness to handle a mass casualt…
Senior Chengdu official investigated in China graft crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – The deputy Communist Party boss in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu is being investigated, the Chinese corruption watchdog said on Tuesday, the latest senior official to fall in a sweeping anti-graft campaign.
French jets strike Islamic State as Britain offers help
PARIS (Reuters) – French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Monday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants group behind the Paris attacks.
U.N. chief Ban says ‘positive signs’ from Pyongyang on North Korea visit
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was discussing with North Korea the dates for his visit to the isolated state but no decision has been made in his first public comments on the trip since news reports last week said he w…
‘Rambo’ appeal, not the mosque, lures Brussels youths to IS
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Khalid Ben Larbi lived a hedonistic lifestyle similar to other European youths and rarely went to the mosque in Molenbeek, the mainly Muslim Moroccan immigrant area where he and three of the suspected Paris attackers grew up in Bru…
