UK extends Iraqi air campaign against Islamic State until March 2017
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will extend its air campaign in Iraq against Islamic State militants by a year, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday, saying it would use aging Tornado fighter jets to conduct strikes until at least early 2017.
Pro-Hadi fighters recapture Yemen’s largest base from Houthis
(This version of the August 3rd story corrects headline to show base retaken from Houthis by pro-Hadi fighters )
Malaysian PM’s critics unbowed despite anti-graft agency support
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian opposition parties and activists kept up pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday, undeterred by an anti-corruption agency statement apparently clearing him of receiving nearly $700 million from the debt-lade…
Returning Uighurs attacked Thai, Chinese police, China says
BEIJING (Reuters) – Some of the 109 Uighurs returned to China from Thailand last month attacked Thai and Chinese police while being taken aboard a flight back to Xinjiang, as they believed they would be executed on their return, Xinjiang’s government s…
Japan suspends work on U.S. base on Okinawa as Abe battles low ratings
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said on Tuesday it was suspending construction of a contentious U.S. air base on the island of Okinawa for a month to give time for talks between the central government and island authorities opposed to the facility.
Myanmar appeals for international assistance for flood relief
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar said on Tuesday it had appealed for international assistance to help provide food, temporary shelter and clothing for more than 210,000 people affected by widespread flooding following weeks of heavy monsoon rains.
China’s foreign minister to visit Ebola-affected countries
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi leaves this week on a visit to three of the African nations hardest hit by an outbreak of the Ebola virus, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Accused Taliban leader said he was doing ‘God’s work’: testimony
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A former American soldier testifying in the trial of Irek Hamidullin on Monday said the accused Russian Taliban leader was compliant when captured, and said he was doing “God’s work.”
Blast in Korean DMZ wounds two South Korean soldiers: military
SEOUL (Reuters) – Two South Korean soldiers were wounded by an explosion on Tuesday, possibly caused by a landmine, in the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that divides North and South Korea, military officials said.
Special Report: State Department watered down human trafficking report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the weeks leading up to a critical annual U.S. report on human trafficking that publicly shames the world’s worst offenders, human rights experts at the State Department concluded that trafficking conditions hadn’t improved in Malaysia and Cuba. And in China, they found, things had grown worse.
