Indonesia’s president says country intends to join TPP trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo, speaking after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, said his country intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the United States has forged with 11 other countries…
Greece says EU aid means it can shelter 20,000 more migrants
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Monday the European Union had offered to pay the costs of accommodating 20,000 more migrants in temporary camps on its islands as the bloc struggles to improve its management of the flow of refugees across Europe.
United Nations says 120,000 displaced in Syria in October
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 120,000 people were displaced in Syria’s Aleppo, Hama and Idlib governorates – the center of the Russian-backed Syrian government offensive – this month, the United Nations said on Monday, more than doubling an earlier estim…
Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shi’ites
QATIF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – When the gunshots rang out, Ali, a 26-year-old Saudi Arabian Shi’ite Muslim, thought they were fireworks. But when he saw people running, he knew militant Sunnis were attacking his minority community again.
Indian utopian sect under scrutiny as religious tolerance debate rages
PONDA, India (Reuters) – The arrest of a member of India’s Sanatan Sanstha sect following the murder of a well-known atheist has prompted renewed calls from some politicians to ban the Hindu group, as concerns grow the country’s tradition of religious …
Ivory Coast presidential candidates recognizes Ouattara victory
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast presidential candidate Bertin Konan Kouadio, one of six challengers in a weekend vote, conceded victory to incumbent President Alassane Ouattara on Monday, backing away from his earlier allegation that the process was ma…
Greece’s deputy finance minister gets bullet, threatening letter in post
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s deputy finance minister on Monday got a letter in the post with a bullet in it and a note comparing him to a collaborator with Germany’s Nazi forces who occupied the country in World War Two, the Greek finance ministry said….
Netanyahu mulls revoking benefits for some Palestinians in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the possibility of revoking benefits and travel rights of some Palestinians living in East Jerusalem in response to a wave of Palestinian violence, a government official said on…
Syrian rebels to Russia: Stop bombing us
LONDON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – An alliance of Free Syrian Army-related insurgent groups said on Monday it was skeptical about a Russian proposal to help rebels, and that Moscow must stop bombing rebels and civilians and withdraw its support for President Ba…
Exclusive: Argentina’s Massa to give ‘wink’ to Macri in election run-off – sources
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Sergio Massa, who placed third in the first round of Argentina’s presidential election, will give a quiet nod of support this week to opposition candidate Mauricio Macri for the run-off vote, three Massa camp insiders said on M…
