Cape Verde opposition wins back parliament
PRAIA (Reuters) – Cape Verde’ main opposition Movement for Democracy (MpD) party won parliamentary elections, results showed overnight, taking back power after 15 years.
Statoil says to reduce staff at Algerian installations after militant attack
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Statoil is reducing the number of staff at its installations in Algeria following an attack by Islamist militants on Friday at its In Salah plant, jointly operated with BP and state-owned firm Sonatrach, it said on Monday.
Biden says Israel settlements raise questions about commitment to peace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Israel’s government on Sunday to demonstrate its commitment to a two-state solution to end the conflict with the Palestinians and said settlement expansion is weakening prospects for peace….
Benin Prime Minister Zinsou concedes defeat in presidential elections
COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou on Monday conceded defeat to businessman Patrice Talon in presidential elections.
Russian army’s general staff requests urgent meeting with U.S. on Syria ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s general staff of the armed forces proposed on Monday to hold an urgent meeting with U.S. representatives to agree on the mechanism of controlling the ceasefire in Syria, saying it would act unilaterally starting from March 2…
North Korea fires short-range projectiles into sea amid tension over nuclear ambitions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, amid heightened tension over the isolated country’s nuclear and rocket programs.
Indonesia says it feels peace efforts on South China Sea ‘sabotaged’
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia “feels sabotaged” in its efforts to maintain peace in the disputed South China Sea and may bring its latest maritime altercation with China to an international court, a minister said on Monday.
Possible debris from Malaysia Airlines MH370 arrives in Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Debris found earlier this month off the southeast African coast which some believe could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight has arrived in Australia for testing, officials said on Monday, two years after the plane disappeared…
Vietnam parliament to put new leadership to work early
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s outgoing parliament convened for a final session on Monday that will see a new leadership and cabinet take office three months early, ditching the normal route of the public electing a new legislature first.
Kuwait expels 14 accused of Hezbollah links: report
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait has expelled 11 Lebanese and three Iraqis suspected of belonging to Hezbollah, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Monday, nearly three weeks after the country joined other Gulf Arab states in designating the Lebanese Shi’ite group…
