Thai PM says security must come first to boost foreign confidence
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday called on Thais to be the “eyes and ears” of security forces in order to boost international confidence in Thailand after the second explosion in the capital Bangkok in just over a month.
Visiting Merkel reminds Japan to face wartime past
TOKYO (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, referring to Germany’s own experience, reminded Japan on Monday of the need to squarely confront its wartime past but also signaled that neighboring countries must do their part to achieve reconciliati…
Gains and gaps in women’s fight for gender equality since 1995: report
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the past 20 years the world’s women and girls have made significant progress in health, education and legal rights but wide gender gaps remain in economic participation, political leadership and security, acco…
Tokyo fire bombing survivor fears Japan starting down road to war again
TOKYO (Reuters) – Katsumoto Saotome was 12 the night he ran for his life through a sea of flames, jumping over smoldering railroad ties along a train track as U.S. B-29 bombers rained incendiary bombs down around him.
Air strike on Islamic State-run refinery in Syria kills 30: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the border with Turkey on Sunday, killing 30 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
One dead, 11 wounded in series of attacks in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) – A series of bombings killed one person and injured nine in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria on Sunday and an attack by unidentified gunmen in another province wounded two others, security and medical sources said.
Brazil’s Rousseff says austerity drive to last as long as needed
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff appealed to Brazilians on Sunday to back fiscal austerity policies, while saying that the belt-tightening will last as long as needed and positive results will only start showing at the end of this year.
Two charged with Nemtsov killing include former Chechen policeman
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities said on Sunday they had charged two men over the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and said one of them was a former senior policeman from the mainly Muslim region of Chechnya who had confessed to involvemen…
Air strike on Islamic State-run refinery in Syria kills 30-monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the border with Turkey on Sunday, killing 30 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Netanyahu denies report he’s backed off two-state solution
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports on Sunday he has backed away from a 2009 commitment to seek a two-state peaceful solution with the Palestinians.
