Israel approves extending fortified fence on its Jordan border
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s security cabinet has approved extending the fortified fence along its Egyptian border into a section of the frontier with neighboring Jordan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
South Africa’s govt to appeal court ruling over Bashir
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s government will challenge a high court ruling that found the state erred in letting Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave the country despite a court order barring him from doing so.
Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude strikes off Peru: USGS
LONDON (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off the coast of Peru on Monday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The USGS said the quake’s epicenter was 145 kilometers (90 miles) south of Puquio and 34 kilometers deep.
Taliban ambush kills 11 soldiers in western Afghanistan
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of army forces in western Afghanistan, killing 11 soldiers, the government said on Monday, as the insurgents step up attacks after the withdrawal of most international forces last year….
Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong urges city to focus on economy, not politics
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s most senior official in Hong Kong said on Monday the city should shift its focus away from worrying about political reform and concentrate instead on economic development and improving people’s livelihoods.
Woman dies after Taiwan water park blaze, over 200 casualties serious
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A young woman died on Monday, the first fatality among nearly 500 casualties from a weekend blaze at a Taiwan water park, officials said, as investigators focused on the colored powder that rained fire as it was sprayed over revelers…
Cameron: IS militants are plotting ‘terrible’ UK attacks
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Monday that Islamic State militants based in Syria and Iraq were planning specific attacks against Britain and posed an existential threat to the West.
China arrests prominent rights activist for defamation, subversion
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have formally arrested and charged a prominent rights activist who had called for official accountability over what he said were miscarriages of justice, his lawyer said on Monday.
Cautious Merkel on verge of biggest risk with ‘Grexit’
BERLIN (Reuters) – “If you break it, you own it,” former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell warned President George W. Bush before his invasion of Iraq.
Kuwait says mosque bomber was young Saudi man, detains driver
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait identified the suicide bomber behind its worst militant attack as a young Saudi Arabian man and said on Sunday it had detained the driver of the vehicle that took him to a Shi’ite Muslim mosque where he killed 27 people.
