Australia’s Tony Abbott signals compromise on tough budget
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott signaled on Monday he is open to compromises with opposition lawmakers on his unpopular budget, a major concession to help push the austere savings plan through a hostile Senate.
Policeman killed in attack at checkpoint in northern Egypt: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – One Egyptian policeman was killed and another wounded in an armed attack at a checkpoint in the northern province of Gharbiya on Monday, state news agency MENA said.
Japan checking whether citizen captured by Islamic State in Syria
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is investigating information that one of its citizens has been captured in northern Syria by the Islamic State militant group, the foreign ministry said, as evidence emerged that the captured man appeared to be a self-styled sec…
Thirteen tourists found alive, two still missing after Indonesia ship sinks
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Bad weather was hampering a desperate search on Monday for two foreign tourists still missing after a boat traveling between two Indonesian islands sank at the weekend, although 13 more people had been plucked from the water alive, …
Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel stronghold
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk that was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush p…
Netanyahu says undeterred by Hamas warnings
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday any deal on Gaza’s future had to meet Israel’s security needs, warning Hamas it faced “harsh strikes” if it resumed firing into the Jewish state.
Pope urges Korean reconciliation, reaches out to China
SEOUL (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday called for peace and reconciliation on the divided Korean peninsula and sent a further message of goodwill to China, wrapping-up a five day trip to South Korea and the first papal visit to Asia in 15 years.
Kurdish militants train hundreds of Yazidis to fight Islamic State
SERIMLI MILITARY BASE Syria (Reuters) – Kurdish militants have trained hundreds of Yazidi volunteers at several camps inside Syria to fight Islamic State forces in Iraq, a member of the armed Kurdish YPG and a Reuters photographer who visited a trainin…
Netanyahu says undeterred by Hamas warnings in talks on ending Gaza war
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday any deal on Gaza’s future had to meet Israel’s security needs, warning Hamas it faced “harsh strikes” if it resumed firing into the Jewish state.
Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel stronghold
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush …
