Stand-off over powerful Afghan governor foreshadows bitter election fight
MAZAR-I SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A stand-off between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Atta Mohammad Noor, the powerful provincial governor he is trying to remove from his northern stronghold, is increasingly turning into a battle over next year…
Iraq returning displaced civilians from camps to unsafe areas
AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces are forcibly returning civilians from refugee camps to unsafe areas in the predominantly Sunni Anbar province, exposing them to death from booby-traps or acts of vigilantism, refugees and aid w…
Iranian tanker collides with Chinese ship, spills oil
BEIJING (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing its cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, the Chinese government said.
Cambodia marks 39 years since fall of brutal ‘killing fields’ regime
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Thousands of Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge on Sunday marked 39 years since the fall of the brutal regime that killed an estimated 1.7 million people.
Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option but to fight what they called Myanmar state-sponsored terrorism to defend the Rohingya community, and they demanded that the Rohingya be consulted on all decisions affecti…
Cameroon separatist leader taken into custody in Nigeria: sources
ABUJA/DAKAR (Reuters) – A leading member of a separatist movement in Cameroon has been taken into custody in the capital of neighboring Nigeria with his aides, sources and secessionists said on Saturday.
Cornered Merkel launches talks with SPD in bid to secure fourth term
BERLIN (Reuters) – More than three months after a German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel is still scrambling to form a new government and will on Sunday launch a five-day attempt to persuade the Social Democrats (SPD) to join a coalition with her co…
Egypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security
CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, led midnight mass in the cathedral of Egypt’s new administrative capital on Saturday, a service attended by President Abdel Fattah al Sisi.
UK’s May to rejig cabinet on Monday, senior ministers safe: report
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will announce changes to her ministerial cabinet on Monday but her foreign, finance, interior and Brexit ministers will keep their jobs, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
Peru’s Fujimori calls for unity after controversial pardon
LIMA (Reuters) – Recently pardoned former president Alberto Fujimori called for Peruvians on Saturday to set aside their “grudges” in order to unite against violence and crime, appealing to his right-wing political base two days after being freed from …
