Kazakh veteran leader Nazarbayev wins new term by a landslide
ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev won a new term at the helm of Central Asia’s largest economy by a landslide in Sunday’s election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said.
China investigates three senior army officers suspected of graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military has confirmed that three more senior officers are under investigation for suspected corruption, as the world’s largest army deepens its probe into deep-seated graft.
Malaysia says foils plan by suspected militants to attack capital
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police have arrested 12 people linked to the militant group Islamic State and seized explosives, foiling a plan to attack several locations in and around the capital, which is hosting the ASEAN summit.
Desperate Nepalese sleep in open as aftershocks spread fear
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Thousands of desperate Nepalese spent another night in the open in the early hours of Monday, terrorized by strong aftershocks that continued to shake the country two days after a massive quake struck, killing almost 2,500 people….
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry to meet with Iran foreign minister Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday in New York, a senior State Department official said on Sunday.
Fighting escalates across Yemen, air strikes on capital Sanaa
ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Air raids, naval shelling and ground fighting shook Yemen on Sunday in some of the most widespread combat since a Saudi-led alliance intervened last month against Iranian-allied Houthi militia who have seized large tracts of the …
Yemeni foreign minister rejects peace talks call from ex-president
LONDON (Reuters) – Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen on Sunday rejected a call for peace talks issued by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and said a Saudi-led military campaign against Iran-allied Houthi fighters opposed to his government had no…
Ukraine’s ceasefire under pressure as one more serviceman killed
KIEV (Reuters) – A fragile ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists came under renewed pressure on Sunday with the Ukrainian military reporting a serviceman had been killed and seven others wounded in rebel attacks.
Israeli air strike kills four planting bomb at Syria frontier: source
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed four militants on Sunday as they placed an explosive on a fence near Israel’s frontier with Syria in the annexed Golan Heights, an Israeli military source said.
Eyeing Arab ties, Israel to observe nuclear pact meeting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will take part as an observer in a major nuclear non-proliferation conference that opens at the United Nations on Monday, ending a 20-year absence in hope of fostering dialogue with Arab states, a senior Israeli official sa…
