France, Qatar sign $7 billion Rafale warplane, missile deal
DOHA (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani signed on Monday a 6.3 billion euro $7.02 billion) agreement for the sale of 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets.
Israeli guards shoot Palestinian attacker in Jerusalem: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli security guards shot and wounded a Palestinian who tried to stab one of them on Monday at a light railway station in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, police said.
Protests flare for second week over Burundi president’s vote bid
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters rallied on the streets of Bujumbura on Monday, the start of a second week of demonstrations demanding President Pierre Nkurunziza abandon his bid for a third term in office, which opponents say violates the …
Senior Syrian army officer wounded in rebel attack in Damascus: monitor
AMMAN (Reuters) – A monitoring group said a senior Syrian army officer was wounded in a bombing attack in a central Damascus district on Wednesday, though the military denied the report.
China lodges protest with U.S. after religious freedom report
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has lodged a protest with the United States after a U.S. government commission said Chinese violations of religious freedom were “severe” and “systematic”, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Finland’s likely next PM seeks deal with euro-skeptical The Finns
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s likely next prime minister, Juha Sipila, said on Monday his Center Party will make a special effort to find common ground with The Finns party, which wants a rebate on European Union payments and tighter restrictions on i…
Gunmen attack school in Pakistan, one dead: police
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a school in Pakistan on Monday and killed a guard, police said, raising fears of a repeat of a deadly school attack five months ago that toughened Pakistan’s resolve to fight militants.
Gangnam Style: South Korea set to demolish slum in shadows of Seoul glitz
SEOUL (Reuters) – Close by the luxury high-rises of Seoul’s most expensive neighborhood, 80-year-old Kim Ok-nyo burns charcoal to heat her two-room shack in Guryong, a shantytown of 2,000 residents.
Indonesian regency separates sexes in schools, next up motorbikes
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian regency has passed legislation requiring schools to teach boys and girls separately and hopes to follow that up with a ban prohibiting the two sexes from riding motorcycles together.
Win or lose, Cameron’s political career hangs by a thread
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is Britain’s most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping revive it. But win or lose a knife-edge election this week, his career hangs by a thre…
