South Korea’s Park emerges from seclusion, denies wrongdoing in scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s impeached President Park Geun-hye on Sunday broke a month-long silence over her alleged role in a corruption scandal, publicly denying charges of wrongdoing and saying that the accusations against her were “fabrication a…
Islamic State attack near Najaf kills seven police: sources
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants attacked a police checkpoint near the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen and wounding 17 others including civilians, local police sources said.
More than 20 killed, dozens injured after fire on Indonesian tourist boat
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city’s search and rescue agency said.
Sudan’s Bashir announces one-month ceasefire extension
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has announced a one-month extension of his unilateral ceasefire in fighting with rebels in the country’s war zones.
Burundi minister shot dead in capital: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A gunman killed Burundi’s environment minister early on Sunday, police said, the first murder of a senior government figure in nearly two years of political violence.
North Korea’s Kim says close to test launch of ICBM
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
China’s Xi says won’t let anyone make ‘fuss’ about its territory
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will never allow anyone to “make a great fuss” about its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s address, while China’s top official in charge of Taiwan ties warned of risk ahea…
Pope, in year-end message, urges action on youth unemployment
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis in his year-end message urged leaders on Saturday to do more to tackle youth unemployment, saying a generation was being lost to desperation, migration and joblessness.
Two suicide attackers kill at least two in Syria’s Tartous: state TV, monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives, killing at least two security officers in the Syrian coastal city of Tartous, Syrian state television reported after midnight on Sunday.
U.N. Security Council welcomes Syria truce, rebels warn they could abandon it
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war, but rebel groups threatened to abandon the two-day-old truce if violations persisted.
