Japan MPs visit shrine as Abe hopes to meet China’s Xi in Jakarta
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese ruling and opposition lawmakers visited a Tokyo shrine on Wednesday to honor the country’s war dead, shortly before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was due to make an important speech on Japan’s war-time past at an international su…
Obama says U.S. has warned Iran not to send weapons to Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the U.S. government had sent “very direct messages” to Iran warning it not to send weapons to Yemen that could be used to threaten shipping traffic in the region.
Saudis end air campaign in Yemen, seek political solution
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday it was ending a month-long campaign of air strikes against the Houthi rebels who seized large areas of Yemen and said it would back a political solution to bring peace to its war-ravaged neighbor.
Sudan won’t give visas to US, British, French envoys: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Khartoum has so far declined to issue visas for senior U.S., British and French diplomats hoping to conduct a fact-finding mission in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region, U.N. diplomatic sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Colombia frees Chinese ship caught carrying weapons illegally
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia has authorized a Chinese ship to set sail after it was caught carrying 100 tonnes of explosives to Cuba illegally, the prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, though it continues to hold the vessel’s captain pending a criminal …
U.S. senators call for humanitarian safe zones in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called on President Barack Obama on Tuesday to create and enforce humanitarian safe zones in Syria, amid international concerns about the dire conditions faced by millions of people displac…
Saudi-led coalition announces end to Yemen operation
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen for almost a month announced on Tuesday the end to its military operation, but a Saudi spokesman said forces would continue to target the Iran-allied Houthi movement as necessary.
Honeymoon over for Indonesian leader as U-turns erode authority
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo wanted to push this year’s budget through the opposition-dominated parliament, he left it to his advisers to hash out a deal with lawmakers.
Poland to buy U.S. Patriot missiles, French helicopters
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Tuesday it would buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missiles from the United States and provisionally selected French Airbus Group helicopters as it speeds up the modernization of its military amid tensions with Russia.
UK Conservatives take one point lead over Labour in YouGov poll: Sun newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives have taken a one point lead over the opposition Labour Party in a YouGov poll ahead of a May 7 election, The Sun newspaper reported on Tuesday.
