South Africa metal workers’ union to strike from July 1
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s largest union said on Thursday that 220,000 of its members will down tools from July 1 in a strike that will hit sectors including engineering, communications and automotive components.
Thai junta sets up panels to crack down on critical news reports
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military authorities are setting up a network of panels to closely monitor domestic and international media and crack down on criticism of what the junta sees as its efforts to right the country, a senior officer said on …
Daughter of South Korea ferry crewman kills herself
SEOUL (Reuters) – The daughter of a crew member of a South Korean ferry which sank killing hundreds of school children committed suicide on Thursday, police and prosecutors said, in a tragic twist to a disaster that prompted a nationwide outpouring of …
South Korean president’s leadership under question over PM troubles
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye rejected the resignation of her prime minister on Thursday and asked him to stay on after her second nominee for the job stood aside over controversial comments he had made about Korea’s troubled p…
Iraq PM says Syria carried out air strikes inside Iraq: BBC
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Syria has carried out air strikes inside Iraqi territory this week, Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted on Thursday as telling the BBC.
Kenya arrests governor over attacks that killed 65
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police on Wednesday arrested a politician who is a county governor in connection with gun attacks in his area that killed about 65 people, the government and police said.
French court approves extradition for suspect in Jewish Museum attack
VERSAILLES France (Reuters) – A French court on Thursday approved the extradition to Belgium of the French suspect in a May 24 shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that left four people dead.
West renews Russia sanctions threat as Ukraine ceasefire crumbles
BRUSSELS/SLAVIANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Western powers warned Russia on Wednesday that they could impose new sanctions if Moscow did not do more to defuse the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where a ceasefire between Russian-speaking rebels and government …
Suicide bomber kills two soldiers as clashes erupt in Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance of army base in the central Yemeni city of Seiyun, killing two soldiers on Thursday, security officials said.
Islamist militants raid hotel in central Somalia: witnesses
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist militants hurled grenades at the gate of a hotel in central Somalia on Thursday then opened fire as they burst into the building used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian African Union peacekeepers, residents said.
