Filipino fishermen remove Chinese buoys near disputed shoal, officials say
MANILA (Reuters) – Filipino fishermen found several buoys with Chinese markings near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and towed the devices back to shore northwest of the capital, Manila, Philippines officials said on Sunday.
Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Masked rock-throwing Palestinians and Israeli police using stun grenades clashed on Sunday at al-Aqsa mosque plaza, on the annual Jewish day of mourning for Jerusalem’s two destroyed Biblical temples.
Three killed as small airplane crashes into Tokyo suburb: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Three people were killed when a small airplane crashed into a residential area of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK reported, setting fire to houses and cars.
China jails nine more members of banned cult: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei has jailed nine members of a banned religious cult for up to three years, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, a day after five others were sentenced in a northeastern province.
Yemen Houthi leader captured: Southern resistance
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior commander of Yemen’s Houthi militia has been captured by southern secessionist forces allied to a Saudi-led coalition, the so-called Southern Resistance movement said on its official Twitter account.
Warplanes attack targets near Yemen capital: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Warplanes carried out raids near the Yemeni capital Sanaa late on Saturday and shortly after dawn on Sunday, residents reported.
Five Nepalis held, suspected of sacrificing 10-year-old boy
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Five people have been arrested and face charges of murdering a 10-year-old boy in southwest Nepal, police said on Sunday, in an incident media reports said was a suspected case of human sacrifice.
Greek bailout talks pushed back by a few days on logistics: official
ATHENS (Reuters) – Talks between Greece and its international creditors over a new bailout package will be delayed by a couple of days because of organizational issues, a finance ministry official said on Saturday.
Colombia’s Santos orders halt to air raids on FARC rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos ordered a halt to air raids against FARC rebel camps as the government seeks to cool hostilities with the Marxist group while the two sides hammer out a peace accord to end five decades of war….
Fears for tribes, forests as India eyes Andaman island expansion
JIRKATANG, India (Reuters) – Bollywood music blares from a line of food stalls serving tourists outside the entrance to a thickly-forested tribal reserve on India’s far-flung Andaman and Nicobar islands.
