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| Myanmar army chief pushes against quick changes to constitution | |  By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Less than a week after a third transition meeting between Myanmar's commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the powerful army chief has pushed back against any quick changes to the constitution. The 2008 document, which bars Suu Kyi from becoming president even after her National League for Democracy (NLD) swept a historic election last year, has been a bone of contention between her party and the military. Suu Kyi has vowed to disregard it and lead the country from "above the president".
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| Italy agrees to let anti-Islamic State drones depart from Sicily | | | By Isla Binnie ROME (Reuters) - Italy has agreed to let armed U.S. drones take off from an air base in Sicily on a case-by-case basis for defensive missions against Islamic State militants in North Africa, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday. "If it is a matter of operations against terrorists, against potential Islamic State attackers, there is a close relationship between us and the other allies, above all the Americans," Renzi said in an interview with RTL radio. The prime minister, who has repeatedly said Italy would not take part in military strikes in Libya without the express request of a recognised government, said they would be authorised "case by case". |
| Former Thai PM Thaksin warns on economy, says no deal with military | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra warned Thailand's ruling generals on Tuesday that a prolonged stay in power will only worsen economic hardship in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. The junta, which took power following a May 2014 coup, has struggled to revive Southeast Asia's second-largest economy amid falling exports and high household debt and critics say economic mismanagement is the biggest threat to its hold on power. Speaking to Reuters in Singapore, Thaksin, 66, said the junta lacked the vision and talent to fix an economy in disarray.
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| U.S. government, Apple take encryption case to court of public opinion | |  Apple Inc on Monday urged the creation of a government panel on encryption, the latest salvo in a standoff over a locked iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting that has escalated into a public relations battle between the revered technology company and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook also sent a letter to employees Monday morning, making clear the company's hardline stance refusing to make software to unlock the phone addresses broader issues, not just a single device linked to a grisly attack. "This case is about much more than a single phone or a single investigation," Cook said in the email to employees, seen by Reuters.
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| Michigan Uber driver admits role in deadly shooting spree - police | |  By Mark Kauzlarich KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Reuters) - A man working as an Uber driver admitted to the fatal weekend shootings of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a police detective testified on Monday in a case raising questions about how the car service vets its drivers. Jason Dalton, 45, was denied bail as he made his first court appearance on 16 charges including six of murder that can bring life in prison. Dalton told detectives "he took people's lives", Kalamazoo Public Safety Detective Cory Ghiringhelli testified in a county district court ahead of the suspect's arraignment.
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