German intelligence closely monitoring anti-Islam movements
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is closely monitoring anti-Islam movements like PEGIDA following a march last week in which demonstrators held up a mock gallows with a noose marked for Chancellor Angela Merkel, a spokesman for…
Uighur leader says blood on Britain’s red carpet welcome for China’s Xi
TOKYO (Reuters) – The red carpet Britain is laying out this week to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping is stained with the blood of Uighurs, Tibetans and dissidents, a top exiled Uighur leader said on Monday, calling the lavish reception “unfortunate…
Votes for National Front will cost jobs, French president says
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that a vote for the far-right National Front in regional elections in December would hurt jobs and investment.
As gritty patch of London upgrades, poorer locals pushed out
LONDON (Reuters) – Janet and Larry Colfer like to go for Sunday lunch at an old haunt in Elephant and Castle, where they lived for 36 years until their run-down social housing estate was knocked down to make way for smart new apartment blocks.
Malaysia’s Najib faces budget test amid oil slump and graft scandal
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Dogged by scandal and hampered by falling oil and gas revenues, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak will present a budget on Friday that will look to shore up economic growth and appease voters unhappy with his leadership and…
Japan says PM sent war shrine offering as individual, but China unhappy
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said on Monday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was acting in a private capacity when he sent a ritual offering to a shrine for war dead, seen as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism by many in Asia, but China said he was wrong to …
Russia studies U.S. proposal for multi-lateral Syria meeting: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is considering a proposal from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for a meeting on Syria involving representatives from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan, Interfax news agency said on Monday, citing a source in Russia’s …
Philippine storm weakens after killing at least nine, leaving thousands stranded
STA. ROSA, Philippines (Reuters) – A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in t…
Asylum seeker’s rape claims overshadow Australia’s bid for UN rights body
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s hardline immigration policies overshadowed the launch of its bid to join the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, with the government and rights lawyers arguing bitterly over a pregnant Somali asylum-seeker who claims she…
French defense minister must resign if elected in Brittany: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – Jean-Yves Le Drian will have to resign as French defense minister if he wins the presidency of Brittany in December’s regional elections, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday.
