Taliban announce spring offensive, dismiss peace overtures
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive on Wednesday, dismissing an offer for peace talks by President Ashraf Ghani but pledging to focus on U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Fifteen dead, dozens injured in fire at oil well in Indonesia
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Firefighters in Indonesia struggled on Wednesday to contain a blaze at an oil well in the northwestern province of Aceh that killed at least 15 people and injured 40, authorities said.
Greenland PM Kim Kielsen’s party wins election but loses ground
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen’s Siumut party won the most votes in a parliamentary election, results showed on Wednesday, though it lost ground to centrist rivals.
Exclusive: Russian civilians helping Assad use military base back home – witnesses
MOLKINO, Russia (Reuters) – The Kremlin says it has nothing to do with Russian civilians fighting in Syria but on three recent occasions groups of men flying in from Damascus headed straight to a defense ministry base in Molkino, Reuters reporters witn…
Unjust dessert? Japan demands Koreans wipe map off summit dinner mousse
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has demanded that South Korea rethink a mango mousse dessert it plans to serve at a North-South summit dinner on Friday which features a map of the Korean peninsula, including islands disputed with Japan, a recurring irritant f…
Thousands gather for ANZAC Day memorials around world
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of people attended dawn war memorial services on Wednesday across Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, France and in Thailand to commemorate ANZAC Day, the Gallipoli landings and the centenary of the final year of World War One….
Ahead of summit with North, South Koreans hope more for peace than unification
SEOUL (Reuters) – As North and South Korea gear up for their first summit in over a decade this Friday, many South Koreans have lowered their expectations since previous summits, hoping for peace rather than any swift reunification.
Fire at oil well in Indonesia’s Aceh kills 10, injures 40
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Firefighters in Indonesia are struggling to contain a blaze at an oil well in the northwestern province of Aceh that killed ten people and injured as many as 40, authorities said on Wednesday.
Suspects in Palestinian killing still in Malaysia: police
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Two men suspected of gunning down a Palestinian lecturer in Kuala Lumpur were still in the country, police said on Wednesday, as they released a fresh image of one of the men.
Japan seeks role in French-German marine surveillance plane project: sources
TOKYO/BERLIN (Reuters) – In a fresh bid to win its first major foreign arms deal since World War Two, Japan is proposing its P-1 submarine hunter for a French-German project to develop a marine surveillance aircraft, two Japanese government sources sai…
