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.
Iraq chaos fuels Kurds’ independence dream, but hurdles remain
KELE BI Iraq (Reuters) – A grave, freshly dug and adorned with pebbles, is the modest tribute to one more sacrifice in the long history of struggle for an independent Kurdish state.
Kuwait police disperse rally demanding politician’s release
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Police dispersed hundreds of protesters in Kuwait late on Sunday as they tried to march from the Grand Mosque to the main court complex to demand the release of prominent opposition politician Musallam al-Barrak.
Canadian town remembers deadly train crash one year later
LAC-MEGANTIC Quebec (Reuters) – Thousands of people gathered in the small town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec on Sunday to remember the victims of a fiery crude oil train crash that killed 47 people and destroyed dozens of buildings in the picturesque lakesid…
Libya to announce elections results on July 20
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will announce results of last month’s parliamentary elections on July 20, the head of the elections commission said on Sunday, pushing back the results another week.
