North Korea, angered by drills, fires short-range missiles
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korean officials said, a defiant response to annual military exercises between South Korea and the United States but one which drew a swift protest from Ja…
Philippine army seizes Muslim rebel bomb factory as peace plan flounders
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine soldiers have seized a Muslim rebel base and bomb factory in the south, a spokesman said on Monday, as a shaky peace process with the largest Muslim rebel group presents President Benigno Aquino’s with his toughest politic…
U.S. army chief says ‘very concerned’ at UK defense cuts: Daily Telegraph
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States’ army chief of staff said he was very concerned about the impact of cuts to British defense spending that he said had forced a review of how Britain’s troops could be deployed alongside U.S. forces in future conflic…
Drone attack in Yemen kills suspected al Qaeda militants: sources
ADEN (Reuters) – A drone attack killed two suspected al Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Monday, local residents told Reuters, the latest in a series of strikes in the country gripped by political turmoil.
Turkey to explore for oil in Iraq’s Qandil area, peace talks to pave way: energy minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Monday Turkey will explore for oil in the Qandil region of Iraq and that a move towards disarmament by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) should pave the way for this to happen.
Setting aside rancor over Hong Kong, China welcomes Prince William
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a warm welcome to Prince William on Monday as he began the first visit to the mainland by a member of the British royal family in almost three decades, setting aside rancor with London over Hong Kon…
Bangladesh says arrests main suspect in U.S. blogger’ s killing
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s anti-terrorism unit said it had arrested on Monday the main suspect in the killing of a U.S. blogger who was hacked to death in Dhaka last week in the latest attack on critics of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority…
Egypt’s Sisi meets new Saudi King to discuss Middle East crises
RIYADH (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fatteh el Sisi met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Riyadh on Sunday for the pair’s first in-depth talks on regional issues at a time of unprecedented turmoil in the Middle East.
‘Jihadi John’ part of network linked to failed London bombers: court papers
LONDON (Reuters) – Islamist militant Mohammed Emwazi, identified as ‘Jihadi John,’ was a member of a network in contact with one of the men convicted of trying to bomb the British capital’s underground railway in 2005, according to the government.
Trial to push for better flight tracking a year after MH370
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia are launching a trial to allow air traffic controllers to more closely track aircraft traversing remote oceans such as the one believed to be the final resting place of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370…
