U.S. sees Middle East help fighting IS, Britain cautious after beheading
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Washington said countries in the Middle East had offered to join air strikes against Islamic State militants and Australia said it would send troops, but Britain held back even after the group beheaded a British hostage an…
Islamic militant’s death sparks eulogies in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The death of a Malaysian Islamist in Syria has sparked an outpouring of eulogies on social media, including from his former political party, underlining sympathy for the militants’ cause that is creating a security headache for…
Australia probes ‘threats’ against hospitals days after stepping up terror alert
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police were investigating “threats” on Monday against four hospitals in the city of Sydney amid reports of at least one being partially evacuated over a bomb threat, just days after the country raised its terror alert leve…
Worry, mystification in China over Scotland independence vote
BEIJING (Reuters) – As Scotland heads to the polls this week to vote on whether to become independent, one country with restive regions of its own is watching the debate unfold with nervousness and some mystification – China.
Worry, mystification in China over Scotland independence vote
BEIJING (Reuters) – As Scotland heads to the polls this week to vote on whether to become independent, one country with restive regions of its own is watching the debate unfold with nervousness and some mystification – China.
Peru’s Humala abruptly replaces his finance minister with key adviser
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala replaced his influential finance minister with the ministry’s chief adviser late on Sunday in a surprise shake-up that comes amid the worst economic slowdown in five years.
Myanmar’s Rohingya stuck in refugee limbo in India
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Kohinoor, a stateless Rohingya Muslim, fled her home in Myanmar after a wave of attacks by majority Buddhists, she hoped for a chance to rebuild her life in a new country.
China says ‘rescues’ more children from Xinjiang religious schools
BEIJING (Reuters) – A sweep on illegal religious activity in the capital of China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang has resulted in 190 children being “rescued”, along with the detention of dozens of people, a state newspaper said on Monday.
Post-war counseling awaits Gaza children going back to school
GAZA (Reuters) – Some 500,000 children returned on Sunday to school in the Gaza Strip, where many will be given psychological counseling before regular studies begin after a devastating 50-day war between Palestinian militants and Israel.
Obama to detail plans on Ebola offensive on Tuesday: WSJ
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to detail on Tuesday a plan to boost his country’s involvement in mitigating the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
