British PM starts Asia trip with big loan offer to Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday his government would make available loans of up to 1 billion pounds to Indonesia to help finance infrastructure projects.
Malaysian PM asks deputy, others, to avoid remarks on 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s prime minister told his deputy and other officials on Monday to stop commenting on a graft scandal at the country’s state investment fund, saying arguments among leaders would erode support for the government.
Turkish help for Uighur refugees looms over Erdogan visit to Beijing
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The folded piece of paper with a photo of a four-month-old baby tells a story that will loom over Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Chinese hosts when he visits Beijing this week.
Palestinian killed in Israeli raid, witness disputes how he died
QALANDIYA, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian wanted on suspicion of planning a militant attack fell to his death from a rooftop on Monday as he fled from police in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police said, an account disputed by a witness.
UK’s Cameron says ready to bomb militants in Libya and Syria if plot threat seen
JAKARTA/LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he was ready to order air strikes on Islamist militant targets in Libya and Syria to prevent attacks on the streets of Britain as he stepped up his rhetoric against Islamic State in…
U.N. hopes to boost aid to Aden as Yemen frontline moves north
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations hopes to massively scale up aid to Aden now that fighting has all but stopped in the Yemeni port city, the U.N. official in charge of humanitarian aid to Yemen said after a weekend trip to the city.
Kyrgyz leader says U.S. ‘sought chaos’ by decorating dissident
CHOLPON ATA, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said on Monday the United States had sought to “create chaos” in his country by granting an award to a jailed dissident.
Hungary PM rapped by Romania over territorial ‘revisionism’
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania rebuked Hungary’s prime minister on Monday for posting on his Facebook page symbols it said suggested Budapest favors autonomy for Romanian territory populated mainly by ethnic Hungarians, calling such “revisionism” unacce…
Yemen truce stumbles, shelling reported in north and south
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Residents and Saudi media said Yemen’s Houthi militia had continued fighting across Yemen on Monday despite a ceasefire announcement by Saudi-led forces fighting to restore the elected Gulf-backed president.
U.S. would show flexibility in nuclear talks with North Korea: envoy
SEOUL (Reuters) – The recent nuclear deal with Iran showed that the United States can be flexible with a willing counterpart, including North Korea if it decides it wants talks on its nuclear program, a U.S. envoy said on Monday.
