Ethiopia’s newest party takes on ruling juggernaut
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The leader of Ethiopia’s newest opposition party hopes discontent among urban youth will win him support in a weekend election that could otherwise be a clean sweep for the ruling party in Africa’s most populous nation after Nig…
Mother of U.S. reporter missing 3 years in Syria urges U.S. help
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The mother of American reporter Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria for more than three years, believes her son is alive and well and urged Washington and Damascus to work together to free him.
Western scholars press Japan’s Abe on war history
TOKYO (Reuters) – More than 450 mostly Western scholars have urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to confront boldly Japan’s wartime past, the latest sign that the conservative leader has not erased concern that he wants to dilute past apologies.
Trial of Iranian-American journalist to start in Tehran on May 26: ISNA
ANKARA (Reuters) – The trial of jailed Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian will begin on May 26 at a court in Tehran, a judicial spokesman told a semi-official news agency on Tuesday, without elaborating on the charges against him.
U.N. urges southeast Asian nations to let migrants reach land
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations agencies urged Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand on Tuesday to step up sea rescue operations and stop preventing thousands of desperate migrants from reaching land.
Russia’s Lavrov to meet NATO chief in Brussels on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold a short meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, a NATO official said.
Thai junta delays polls, raising questions about return to democracy
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s junta delayed a general election by at least six months on Tuesday, hours after former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from traveling overseas, raising questions about a promised return to democracy.
German conservative asks if Merkel coalition can survive spy row
BERLIN (Reuters) – A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives talked openly for the first time on Tuesday of the potential breakup of their coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) due to a row over the activities of Germany’s BND spy…
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea industrial zone
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he will visit the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the inter-Korean border, which will make him the first U.N. chief to enter the isolated country in more than two decades.
Judge sentences 11 Afghan police over lynching of woman in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan judge sentenced 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul who was accused of burning a Koran.
