China to grant rare prisoner amnesties for war anniversary
BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to grant prisoner amnesties to mark this year’s commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, only the eighth time this has happened since the Communists took power in 1949, state news agency Xinhua…
Bahrain says holding former MP on charges of financing militants
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain has detained a former member of parliament on charges of financing militants, state news agency BNA said late on Sunday, the latest in a series of arrests of opposition figures.
French train gunman ‘dumbfounded’ by terrorist tag
PARIS/ALGECIRAS, Spain (Reuters) – A gunman who attacked passengers on a high-speed train in France two days ago is “dumbfounded” at having been taken for an Islamist militant and says he only intended to rob people on board because he was hungry, his …
Thai police deactivate bomb in Bangkok house
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Monday that they had found and deactivated a bomb in the capital Bangkok, a week after an explosion killed 20 people in the city.
Two soldiers killed after convoy hits explosives in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two Turkish soldiers were killed and three wounded on Monday when the vehicle they were traveling in hit explosives buried in the road, the latest attack following the collapse of a ceasefire with Kurdish militants, secur…
Lebanon protest postponed after Beirut clashes, organizers say
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese protesters said they had postponed a demonstration set for Monday evening, after rallies a day earlier triggered clashes with security forces in Beirut.
Explosion at U.S. military warehouse in Japan, no injuries
TOKYO (Reuters) – An explosion rocked a warehouse at a U.S. military base in Sagamihara, near the Japanese capital of Tokyo on Monday, but U.S. forces said the building was not for storing hazardous materials and that there were no indications of injur…
Mexico expects agreement on arms trade treaty fine print at meeting
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) – Signatories of a major treaty aimed at regulating the international arms trade should agree a number of key steps for its implementation at a conference this week, host nation Mexico said on Sunday.
Guatemalan president says won’t stand down amid graft scandal
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Otto Perez dismissed corruption allegations leveled against him by prosecutors and said on Sunday he would not stand down, despite mounting pressure on the government and calls for his impeachment as a pr…
Swedish tolerance under question as attacks on migrants rise
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A series of attacks in Sweden on beggars, many Roma, has highlighted a dark side to a country considered a bastion of tolerance but where the far right has been gaining support by claiming society is under threat from waves of imm…
