India’s Gujarat state hit by violent caste-related protests
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India deployed paramilitary forces and imposed a curfew in the western state of Gujarat on Wednesday after violence broke out at a protest led by a powerful clan to demand more government jobs and college places.
Poll shows Turkey’s AK Party short of votes needed to form government alone
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party is seen falling short of the votes needed to form a single-party government in a snap election on Nov. 1 with 41.7 percent of votes, up from 40.9 percent in the June election, pollster Metropoll found in its …
Distraught Colombians flee Venezuela as border dispute intensifies
ERNESTO GUEVARA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Hundreds of Colombians waded across a border river with fridges, chickens and mattresses on their backs as goats and children followed under the scorching tropical sun, victims of an escalating dispute with Venezu…
Macau arrests 17 in money laundering crackdown as China downturn fears grow
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police in the global gambling hub of Macau have arrested 17 people this week after raiding pawn shops thought to be easing the illicit flow of money from China, whose slowing economy is prompting authorities to try and curb capita…
China’s Xi vows unceasing fight against Tibet separatism
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will wage an unceasing fight against separatism in its restive mountainous region of Tibet, President Xi Jinping said, as the government repeated it would never accept exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s genuine a…
South Korea willing to discuss North’s demand to lift sanctions
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is willing to discuss North Korea’s demand for an end to sanctions imposed over a 2010 naval attack, the South said on Wednesday, a day after the rivals struck a landmark pact that defused a standoff between their forces.
Vatican says won’t co-sponsor Palestinian flag initiative at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Vatican on Tuesday asked the Palestinian U.N. mission to remove all references to it from a draft resolution the Palestinians have prepared for the General Assembly calling for the flags of Palestine and the Holy See to f…
Japan PM Abe, U.S. President Obama held phone talks: Jiji
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama held talks over the phone to discuss issues including the recent release by WikiLeaks of a list of Japanese targets of spying by the U.S. National Security Agency, Jiji…
Latin America’s Trump? Venezuelan leader rejects comparison
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is used to being attacked by critics as a communist dictator, but one label the Latin American socialist was not expecting was to be compared to U.S. tycoon and Republican presidential candidate D…
Guatemala court approves bid to impeach president, Congress to decide
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The Guatemalan Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a request by the country’s attorney general to impeach President Otto Perez over his suspected involvement in a racket to siphon customs revenue from the government, and passed…
