Menace or myth, Myanmar frets over Rohingya militant group
MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – The fence stretches as far as the eye can see, its concrete pillars carrying coils of barbed wire across the mountains and marshes of western Myanmar.
Qatar court overturns conviction of U.S. parents in adopted girl’s death
(Reuters) – An appeals court in Qatar on Sunday overturned the convictions of a Los Angeles couple who were sentenced to three years in jail for the death of their adopted African-born daughter, but the government was refusing to let the couple leave t…
Hong Kong protesters clash with police near heart of financial district
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police baton-charged and pepper-sprayed thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in the early hours of Monday who were trying to encircle government headquarters, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of p…
Netanyahu ally says Israel may need early elections
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should seek early elections if his coalition allies continue to bicker in public, Israel’s defense minister said on Sunday.
Blast in eastern Kenya wounds one: police
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – An improvised explosive device wounded one person on Sunday in a market in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa, close to the border with Somalia, police said.
Canada says citizen may have been captured in Syria
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is trying to confirm reports that a Canadian citizen has been captured in Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
Gambia condemns EU pressure on anti-gay law, says to break ties
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s foreign minister said the West African country would sever all dialogue with the European Union and rejected what he said were attempts by the bloc to use its aid budget to force Gambia to revoke a tough new law against homos…
Kabul police chief quits after South African family dies in Taliban attack
KABUL (Reuters) – The Kabul police chief resigned on Sunday after Taliban gunmen killed three members of a South African family in the capital, while officials said Afghan forces had ousted insurgents trying to seize former U.S. and British base Camp B…
In fight for influence, Russia can play good cop too
NIS, Serbia (Reuters) – There were 76, but they were dubbed the ‘Russian 100’ – life-savers flown in from Moscow within hours of an appeal for help from Serbia as the heaviest rainfall in more than a century inundated the Balkans in May.
Mother of MH17 plane crash victim sues Ukraine in European court: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The mother of a German woman killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in July is suing the Ukrainian authorities at the European Court of Human Rights for failing to close their airspace, a German pap…
