Belarus says Russian military base will worsen tensions: Kommersant
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarus sees no need to discuss placing a Russian air base in the country as it will not help to lower tensions in the region, Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei was quoted as saying by Russia’s Kommersant newspaper.
Exclusive: Fearing more jailbreaks, Afghanistan rushed inmates out of Helmand
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities rushed 150 “dangerous” inmates from a prison in the insurgency-racked southern province of Helmand to the capital Kabul at the weekend, officials said, after Taliban militants orchestrated two major jailbreaks in re…
Iraqi Kurdish PM appoints new ministers after expulsions
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan region has appointed ministers to replace four who were unilaterally expelled from the cabinet by his party during the worst political crisis in years.
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara secures second term in landslide poll win
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara won a blowout poll victory and a second five-year term in a weekend vote intended to draw a line under years of turmoil and a 2011 civil war, the elections commission announced on Wednesday….
China says Taiwan election putting off tourists from visiting
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese tourists are being put off visiting Taiwan because of the “highly politicized” atmosphere there ahead of January’s elections, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, but would not say if Beijing was telling people not to g…
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara secures second term in landslide poll win
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara won a blowout poll victory and a second five-year term in office in a weekend vote intended to draw a line under years of turmoil and a 2011 civil war, the elections commission announced on …
Angry China shadows U.S. warship near man-made islands
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China rebuked Washington for sending a U.S. guided-missile destroyer close to one of Beijing’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, saying it had tracked and warned the ship and called in the U.S. ambassador …
Ex-mediator Annan sees chance of Syria peace in U.S.-Russia talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – Talks between Russia and the United States may produce a chance of peace in Syria, Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who tried unsuccessfully to forge a deal to end the war in 2012, said on Tuesday.
U.N.’s Zeid says politicians’ anti-migrant rhetoric can be deadly
GENEVA (Reuters) – Politicians who use derogatory language about refugees and migrants may ultimately be responsible for causing violence, racism and bigotry, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein warned on Tuesday.
Angry China shadows U.S. warship near man-made islands
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. guided-missile destroyer sailed close to one of China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said it had tracked and warned the ship and called in the U.S….
