Bangladesh arrests 12 suspected al Qaeda militants, weapons found
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh security forces have arrested 12 suspected militants, including the chief of the al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), which claimed responsibility for two killings this year of bloggers critical of religious extremism.
Images show Chinese airstrip on man-made Spratly island nearly finished
(Reuters) – China has almost finished building a 3,000-meter-long (10,000-foot) airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, new satellite photographs of the area show.
Indonesia to call off search for victims in deadly military plane crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities will call off a two-day search for victims on Thursday after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area in Sumatra, killing around 140 people, the military said.
Brazil’s Rousseff tops off U.S. tour with Silicon Valley visit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff capped off her U.S. tour on Wednesday with a visit to Silicon Valley, where she met with top technology executives and took a ride in Google Inc’s self-driving car.
Child labor on the rise among Syrian children as crisis spirals: agencies
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of Syrian children being forced to work keeps growing as the conflict drags on, with those as young as six reportedly working in Lebanon, two aid agencies warned on Thursday.
IAEA says Iran uranium stockpile reduced, but questions remain
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas dropped below the maximum level required under a 2013 interim nuclear agreement with world powers, a U.N. report showed, but a U.S. think-tank suggested Tehran had not entirely met its obl…
Brazil’s Rousseff tops off U.S. tour with Silicon Valley visit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff capped off her U.S. tour on Wednesday with a visit to Silicon Valley, where she met with top technology executives and took a ride in Google Inc’s self-driving car.
U.S., Cuba restoring diplomatic ties after 54 years
HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba formally agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations on July 20, setting up a trip to Havana by John Kerry, who would become the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the country in 70 y…
More than 100 dead as militants, Egyptian army clash in North Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the restive province.
In emails, Hillary’s outside advisers pushed hawkish Afghan line
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the fall of 2009, as U.S. President Barack Obama conducted a long, divisive review of whether to pour more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, an influential group of advisors were quietly pushing a hawkish line.
