News Headlines - 02 July 2015

▽Egypt launches air strikes on group linked to Isis | The Guardian

The sources said those killed had taken part in Wednesday’s fighting in which 100 militants and 17 soldiers, including four officers, were killed, according to the army spokesman.

▽ISIS video shows militants execute Egyptian judges in drive-by shooting | Daily Mail Online

Following their shocking attack in Tunisia, ISIS have released a new video showing militants carrying out a deadly assassination of several high profile court judges in Egypt.The brutal video comes just hours after a car bomb killed one of Egypt's top prosecutors, Hisham Barakat.

▽Saudi Prince Pledges $32 Billion to Good Causes, With Women’s Rights a Focus - WSJ

Saudi Arabia’s Prince al-Waleed bin Talal on Wednesday pledged $32 billion to philanthropy, with the empowerment of women one of his priorities.

▽Ex-Commerzbank exec seeks to avoid prison for Olympus fraud role | Reuters

A former Commerzbank AG executive should be sentenced to time served after spending nine months in jail and cooperating in an investigation of the role banks played in an accounting fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp, his lawyer argued in a New York court.

▽Early Rising Expats Struggle with Tokyo’s Timetable - WSJ

I figured things would be hard when I moved to Tokyo almost four years ago – finding new friends, paying for life in a big city. But the biggest challenge proved to be completely unexpected: dealing with the fact that the people and stores in this great city don’t function early. I’m a morning person; Tokyo is not a morning city.