Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, sets up battle with Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and wealthy Ame…
Egyptian police officer detained over killing of jailed Islamist in hospital
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian police officer has been detained on suspicion of killing a suspected member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in hospital, the Interior Ministry has said.
France’s Sarkozy under pressure to block National Front candidate
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy, the ex-president now heading France’s main conservative opposition, came under pressure from allies and foes on Monday to endorse rival Socialists in a by-election runoff to ensure the defeat of the National Front.
China tells U.S. it’s against Obama meeting Dalai Lama
BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Monday that it was opposed to any country meeting the Dalai Lama “in any manner” after the White House said U.S. President Barack Obama would attend an event with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader…
Indonesia to execute two members of ‘Bali Nine’ drug trafficking ring
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two Australian citizens are next in line to be executed for drug offences in Indonesia, the Southeast Asian nation’s attorney general said on Monday, in a move likely to strain ties between the neighbors.
Working with global community only way to fight terrorism: Japan PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan’s military rescuing Japanese citizens abroad, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese journalist.
Greece will not appoint party officials to run banks: government spokesman
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s new left-wing government will not take any actions that would hurt the share values of the country’s banks and does not plan to appoint party officials at key management posts, the government’s spokesman said on Monday.
Fresh reports circulate on China’s second aircraft carrier
BEIJING (Reuters) – Fresh reports that China is building a second aircraft carrier circulated over the weekend on a city government microblog and a state-owned newspaper, as the country scrambles to modernize its military.
Thai PM tightens security after mall bombs rattle Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered security to be tightened in Bangkok on Monday after two small bombs rattled a luxury shopping mall and stoked tension in a city under martial law since a coup in May.
Two Al Jazeera prisoners at forefront of Greste’s mind: family
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The relief that Australian journalist Peter Greste feels at being freed from prison in Egypt is restrained by concern for his two colleagues who remain in detention, his family said on Monday.
