Thai junta says peace in restive south a national priority
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military government said on Monday peace in the Muslim-dominated south was an “urgent national priority” for the Buddhist-majority country following a decade of unrest blamed on separatists.
Egypt’s Sisi says he wishes Al Jazeera journalists were not tried
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he wished the imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists, convicted of aiding “a terrorist group”, had been deported and not put on trial, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Super typhoon takes aim at Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – A super typhoon described as a “once in decades storm” was heading north for Japan on Monday, set to rake the southern Okinawa island chain with heavy rain and powerful winds before making landfall on Kyushu, Japan’s westernmost main …
Technocrat Mohammed Dionne named Senegal’s prime minister: state TV
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Sunday appointed Mohammed Dionne as prime minister, state television RTS reported, following the sacking last week of Aminata Toure after she failed to win a seat in a June 29 local election.
Bellicose North Korea lightens up with promise of cheerleaders
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Monday it will send cheerleaders along with its athletes to the Asian Games in the South as a gesture of peace after weeks of firing rockets and fiery rhetoric.
Ukraine says forces will press forward after taking rebel stronghold
SLAVIANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government said it would quickly seize more territory from pro-Russian separatists after re-taking their stronghold of Slaviansk in what President Petro Poroshenko called a turning point in the fight for control …
Six Jewish suspects arrested over death of Palestinian teenager
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death sparked violent protests in Jerusalem and Israeli Arab towns, a security source said on Sunday.
Israeli air strikes kill 7 Gaza gunmen: Hamas militants
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes killed seven Hamas gunmen early Monday, the Islamist group’s armed wing said, making it their highest single death toll since a 2012 cross-border war with the Jewish state.
Technocrat Mohammed Dionne named Senegal’s prime minister: state tv
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Sunday appointed Mohammed Dionne as prime minister, state television RTS reported, following the sacking last week of Aminata Toure after she failed to win a seat in a June 29 local election.
Indonesia’s tight, dirty presidential race may be decided in West Java
TASIKMALAYA Indonesia (Reuters) – The closest and dirtiest presidential race in Indonesia’s young democracy could be decided on Wednesday among the mosques and rice paddies of West Java, the nation’s most populous province.
