Hundreds of students seek refuge outside U.S. embassy in Burundi
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Hundreds of students from a Burundi university shuttered by the government were seeking refuge outside the U.S. embassy in the capital on Friday, amid unrest and escalating tensions ahead of the June 26 presidential vote.
Thirty graves found at suspected Thai trafficking camp: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police on Friday found at least 30 graves believed to belong to migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh at what authorities say is an abandoned trafficking camp in remote jungle in Thailand’s south, police said.
Scottish nationalist Sturgeon steals the show in British election
LONDON (Reuters) – Detractors have vilified her as the most dangerous woman in Britain and an existential threat to the United Kingdom.
No meetings at tourist hotspots, China reminds officials
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top graft buster took the unusual step on Friday of plastering its website with pictures of 21 top Chinese tourist sites where officials are banned from holding meetings, a reminder of its crackdown on extravagance and corru…
Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS
(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off Papua New Guinea on Friday, 128 km south-south-west of Rabaul, at a depth of 61 km, the United States Geological Survey reported.
Macedonian prosecutor indicts opposition leader in wiretap scandal
SKOPJE (Reuters) – The Macedonian state prosecutor formally indicted the country’s top opposition politician late on Thursday over his role in a surveillance scandal that challenged the nine-year rule of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
Jailed Islamic State militant still longs for martyrdom
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The airstrike obliterated its target in northern Iraq and sent the men scattering. Four of them dived into a river and crossed to safety on the other side, but the fifth froze at the water’s edge. He had never learned to swim.
‘Decent Indonesians’ understand Australian anger over executions: PM Abbott
SYDNEY (Reuters) – “Decent Indonesians” understand Australian anger over the execution of two convicted drug traffickers, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said after Jakarta’s ambassador in Canberra expressed sympathy for the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. 
U.S., Canada ready oil train safety measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada’s transport minister will be in Washington on Friday for a joint announcement with her U.S. counterpart aimed at harmonizing safety regulations on shipping crude oil by rail, a politically sensitive issue on both sides of …
China says U.S. welcome to use civilian facilities in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and other countries will be welcome to use civilian facilities China is building in the South China Sea for search and rescue and weather forecasting “when conditions are right”, China’s navy chief has told a senio…
