en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-05-30 Singapore World

China Deployed Artillery on Disputed Island, US Says
New York Times
SINGAPORE — The United States has spotted a pair of mobile artillery vehicles on an artificial island that China is building in the South China Sea, a resource-rich stretch of ocean crossed by vital shipping lanes, American officials said. China's construction ...

US Defense Chief calls on China to end sea expansion   CNN
US defense chief says China's island-building erodes security   Reuters
Defense Chiefs Clash Over South China Sea   Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg
Firstpost
DAWN.com
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Suicide bomber kills three in S. Arabia
DAWN.com
RIYADH: A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up outside a mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing himself and three other people, the second attack of its kind in the kingdom in one week. The bombing, which was claimed by the ...

Deadly Friday: IS bombs second mosque in Saudi province   The Express Tribune
Terrorism 'a dangerous plague'   Gulf Daily News
Saudi suicide bomber dressed as woman   Brisbane Times
The Daily Star
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Nation
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US Signals Willingness to Expand Military Cooperation With Nigeria
New York Times
ABUJA, Nigeria — As Nigeria swore in Muhammadu Buhari as the new president on Friday, the Obama administration signaled that it was prepared to expand military cooperation in the fight against Boko Haram. Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the ...

Kerry attends inauguration of Nigeria's new president   Washington Post
Buhari To Nigerians: 'We've Opportunity, Let's Take It'   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Buhari vows to tackle Nigeria's problems 'head on'   DAWN.com
Irish Independent
BBC News
Daily Mail
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Houthis kill Sanaa's governor, nephew
DAWN.com
SANAA: Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels killed the capital's governor in clashes that erupted during an attempt to detain him, his relatives said on Friday. Sanaa governor Abdulghani Jamil and his nephew Nasr Jamil died of wounds suffered in clashes late on ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen are holding multiple Americans prisoner   Washington Post
Notable & Quotable   Wall Street Journal
Fighters battle Houthis in Aden   Arab News
The Express Tribune
The Daily Star
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TIME

Mastermind of Silk Road Web site gets life in prison
Washington Post
NEW YORK — A San Francisco man who created the underground drug-selling Web site Silk Road was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a judge who cited at least six deaths from drugs bought on his site and five people he tried to have killed. U.S. District ...

Silk Road creator gets life term for drug plot   The Hindu
Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht jailed for life   Sydney Morning Herald
Silk Road creator jailed for life for enabling $200m of anonymous online drug ...   Irish Independent
New York Times
BBC News
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Cuba Not Off the Hook, Despite Removal From List
Voice of America
STATE DEPARTMENT—. The United States has dropped Cuba from its State Sponsor of Terrorism list but the removal does not clear Havana of all U.S. embargoes and statutory restrictions. The State Department announced Friday that Cuba had been ...

The Economist explains   The Economist (blog)
US removes Cuba from terrorism list   DAWN.com
US takes Cuba off list of state sponsors of terrorism   Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Reuters
The Globe and Mail
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Asian States Say They'll Focus on Causes of Migrant Crisis
New York Times
BANGKOK — A meeting held here on Friday to address the continuing exodus of migrants and refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh ended with a commitment by the participants to target the root causes of the crisis and an ambitious plan of assistance for ...

No major breakthrough at meeting on Asian boat people crisis   Daily Mail
SE Asian Nations Agree to Step Up Help for Migrants at Sea   Voice of America
700 'boat people' rescued as migrant vessel seized   Gulf Daily News
The Star Online
Bangkok Post
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NDTV

Burundian President's Term Limit Unlikely on Agenda at East African Summit ...
NDTV
Soldiers try to contain protestors during a demonstration against the Burundian President's third term in the Musaga neighborhood of Bujumbura on May 20, 2015. (AFP). Nairobi: East African leaders will meet in Tanzania tomorrow for a summit on the political ...

Explosions rock Burundi capital as deadly protests continue   Reuters
Burundi Opposition Leader Declares Election Boycott   ABC News

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Bureau 121: How good are Kim Jong-un's elite hackers?
BBC News
In the Moonshin-dong area of North Korean capital Pyongyang, near the weaving Taedong River, is where researchers believe Bureau 121's headquarters can be found. Understood to be Pyongyang's cyber-attack elite unit, Bureau 121 is staffed by the best ...

UPDATE 1-US says China agrees "pressure" key on North Korea   Reuters
US says China agrees "pressure" key on North Korea for denuclearisation   Economic Times
Kim Jong-un's sister makes first public appearance in months   The Independent
Reuters Africa
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Merkel vows to keep UK in EU
Gulf Daily News
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed yesterday to help keep Britain in the EU by working on reforms with Prime Minister David Cameron, even keeping the door open to treaty change. Offering a warm and conciliatory tone to visiting Cameron ...

Give Me a Crash Course in . . . Brexit   Irish Times
View from abroad: Can't live with EU — can't live without EU   DAWN.com
Cameron will appeal to 'hearts and minds' on EU   The Times (subscription)
The Hindu
BBC News
Reuters
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