Central African Republic votes in election to restore democracy
BANGUI (Reuters) – Peacekeepers patrolled the streets of Central African Republic as voting began on Wednesday in a presidential election aimed at restoring democratic rule after years of inter-religious violence in which thousands have died.
Top aide to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un dies in car crash: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – A senior North Korean ruling party official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car accident, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, the latest dramatic demise in the close circle of deputies to the country’s lead…
Burundi’s president threatens to fight African peacekeepers
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza threatened on Wednesday to fight any African Union peacekeepers imposed on his country, in his most confrontational comments yet on a mounting political crisis.
South Korean ‘comfort women’ protest against accord with Japan
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of South Korean protesters joined two surviving former “comfort women” on Wednesday to denounce an agreement with Japan to resolve an issue stemming from Japan’s wartime past that has long plagued ties between neighbors.
One killed, 11 injured in gun attack at fortress in southern Russia: RIA cites official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on a group of tourists visiting a historic fortress in Dagestan in southern Russia on Tuesday evening, killing one and injuring eleven, an official in the region’s health ministry said on Wednesday.
India’s Modi wants to revamp cabinet, but can’t find the people
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government’s image. Problem is, several sources said, he can’t find the ri…
Bahrain court sentences 29 people to 5-25 years jail for 2014 explosion: BNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain’s High Criminal Court has sentenced 29 people to jail terms ranging from five to 25 years for detonating an explosive device intended to kill policemen in 2014, state news agency Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Wednesday…
China, Taiwan open first hotline in tension reducing measure
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China and Taiwan began operating the first telephone hotline between the two nations on Wednesday, set up as a confidence building and tension reducing measure, with senior officials exchanging New Year’s greetings.
China’s Xi tells top leaders to watch families amid graft fight
BEIJING (Reuters) – Senior Chinese leaders need to “strictly educate and supervise” their children and family members and not rest of their laurels amid an on-going fight against corruption, President Xi Jinping told a meeting of an elite Communist Par…
Islamic State’s persecution of Yazidis is genocide: Clinton
(Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that Islamic State violence against Iraqi Yazidis and other religious minorities in the Middle East is genocide.
