1. Turkey’s Erdogan Blames Child Bomber for Attack that Killed 51
A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said.
2. Trump Campaign Signals Possible Shift on Immigration Stance
A senior aide to US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump signaled a possible shift in his hardline immigration policies, saying his plans to deport 11 million people who are in the country illegally are under review.
3. Show of European Unity: Merkel, Hollande, Renzi to Meet
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy will meet to discuss how to keep the European project together in the second set of talks between the premiers of the euro zone’s three largest economies since Britain’s shock vote to leave the bloc.
4. Barrier to Reform? Suu Kyi Sticks with Myanmar Central Bank Chief
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi is standing by the country’s central bank governor, despite concerns from commercial bankers, government advisers and some of his own officials at the pace of reforms on his watch.
5. Gaza Militant Rocket Hits Israel, Israel Responds With Air Strikes, Shells
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said.
6. Kerry, African Ministers to Meet on South Sudan Violence, Somalia
US Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts from eight African nations will meet in Nairobi to discuss ways to prevent South Sudan from sliding back into civil war and to advance a political transition in Somalia.
7. Iraq Hangs 36 People for Killing Troops in 2014
Iraq said it has hanged 36 militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly Shi’ite soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago.
8. Health Official Warns Zika Could Spread Across US Gulf
One of the top US public health officials warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could extend its reach across the US Gulf Coast after officials last week confirmed it as active in the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach.
9. Libyan Forces Say They Have Captured Mosque, Prison from ISIS in Sirte
Libyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte, saying they had seized the city’s main mosque and a jail run by the militants’ morality police.
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