Obama says bomb may have caused Egypt plane crash

US President Barack Obama and Britain’s prime minister both believe a bomb may have downed a Russian plane in Egypt, with reports Friday suggesting their theory was based on intercepted communications.

With concerns over security mounting, European airlines readied to bring home thousands of tourists from the Sinai peninsula resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from where the crashed Russian plane took off last Saturday.

Kerry returns to a Senate more skeptical of nuclear deals than the one he left.washingtonpost.com

The last time a major nuclear arms deal came before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry was on the other side of the dais.
It was 2010, and then Sens. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), leaders of the Foreign Relations committee, were trying to steer a deal to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, through a recalcitrant Senate during a pivotal midterm election year. They ultimately succeeded, assisted in no small part by their united front and their established gravitas as arms control experts.
 
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats declared that world powers and Iran had struck a landmark deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions, an agreement designed to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. (Joe Klamar/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S wins third Women’s World Cup: the nation

United States ended its 16-year FIFA Women’s World Cup drought on Monday morning, trouncing holders Japan 5-2 in a thrilling final played before a largely pro-American crowd in Vancouver, Canada.

Greek PM Tsipras reportedly accepts bailout plan with some changes:Mashable.com

Stock markets across Europe surged higher following a report on the Financial Times website that Greece will accept all the bailout demands of creditors bar a few changes such as maintaining a discount on sales taxes on the Greek islands.

Women are replacing men in the global workforce

Global growth will slow because the working age population in some of the key centres for economic activity is falling, say Barclays.
However, Barclays' Michael Gavin also highlighted in a research note this week about how women are replacing men economically and this is a good thing.
In some cases, like in Japan, Barclays said that by having more women and old people entering the workforce, it is helping mitigate some of the economic damage from dwindling labour market participation from men:

The working age population of the existing centers of global economic activity has stopped rising and begun to fall. All else equal (including in particular productivity growth and labor force participation), the implied slowdown in the global labor force could subtract a full

Envoy: it’ll make good sense for Obama to visit Nigeria:the Nation

Jeffrey Hawkins will next month bow out of Nigeria as the United States (U.S.) Consul-General. Hawkins, who was appointed in 2012, is on the way to the Central African Republic (CAR), subject to U.S. Senate’s approval. In this interview with OLUKOREDE YISHAU, he speaks on the leadership crisis in the National Assembly, Boko Haram, possible visit of President Barack Obama to Nigeria, visa administration and the Nigerian political class. 
Are you happy you are escaping from Nigeria?
(Laughs) I am not escaping from Nigeria. I have been kicking and screaming from Nigeria. I am not happy I am leaving. I am certainly happy I have a new assignment, a new challenge to accomplish. I am happy I have a new challenge. Did I want to leave here or was I looking forward to a departure? Absolutely not! This has been a wonderful place for me. In my 25-year career, it has been without doubt my favourite place to have served and the most rewarding professionally.

Chad arrests 60 suspected militants after suicide bomb attack

Chad arrests 60 suspected militants after suicide bomb attack

Alghassim Khamis, the Chief Prosecutor of the Central African Nation, on Monday said ‎security forces in Chad, had arrested 60 suspected militants and dismantled a cell responsible for two suicide bomb attacks in N’djamena on June 15. He said the two coordinated bomb at the police offices in N’Djamena, killed 34 people, including four suspected Boko Haram militants, and injured dozens.

   

                                                                  “Communications equipment has been seized and thanks to new technology, witness testimony and an examination of the victims, it is clear the attack was well planned ,with explosive vests made from a specially-constructed black tissue. “An active cell of a terrorist network has been identified and