Nobel winner Malala opens school for Syrian refugees
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon (Reuters) – Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in “books not bullets…
Former Sri Lanka leader to run for prime minister in August elections
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A coalition led by Sri Lanka’s president has nominated war-time leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to run in elections next month, official documents showed on Monday, with allies saying he will stand for the post of prime minister.
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein says will not run for second term
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein has decided not to run in a parliamentary election scheduled for Nov. 8, a senior official from his office said on Monday, meaning he will not be eligible for a second term as head of state.
Indonesia jails three Chinese Uighurs for trying to join Islamist militants
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court sentenced three men from China’s Uighur Muslim minority on Monday to six years in prison for conspiring with militant Islamists in Indonesia, a police spokesman said.
Poor intelligence, porous borders stymie Chinese control of Uighurs
BEIJING (Reuters) – Poor intelligence and porous borders with Southeast Asia are stymieing China’s efforts to stop the flow of ethnic minority Uighur Muslims heading to Turkey, where China says many of them end up fighting for Islamists in Syria and Ir…
Hekmatyar’s Afghan militants deny joining Islamic State
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – An influential Afghan militant faction on Monday denied reports that it had shifted loyalty to Islamic State’s budding movement in the region.
Slavery survivors in Britain at high risk of being exploited again: report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Survivors of modern-day slavery in Britain are at high risk of falling back into the hands of traffickers because of gaps in the government support system, a report published on Monday said.
Leaders must put aside ‘narrow self-interest’ to end poverty says Ban Ki-moon
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – World leaders must put aside “narrow self-interest” to break a deadlock over how to finance the United Nation’s bold new global development agenda, its Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday at the openi…
Serbia sentences Balkan drug trafficker to 20 years in jail
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A court in Belgrade on Monday sentenced Darko Saric, for years one of the most wanted crime figures in the Balkans, to 20 years in jail for trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe and laundering 22 million euros, the Tanju…
Two explosions heard in central Kabul, one near bowling alley
KABUL (Reuters) – Two explosions were heard in central Kabul early on Monday evening, police said, wounding a taxi driver according to a Reuters witness.
