India plans to build new townships in Kashmir to resettle Hindus
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India’s nationalist government plans to resettle tens of thousands of Hindus in three new townships in Muslim-dominated Kashmir, setting up a confrontation with separatists who say it is an Israel-style policy of c…
Naftogaz seeks 12-month gas package with Russia at talks on Monday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Naftogaz [NAFTO.UL] Chief Executive Andriy Kobolev said on Friday he would seek progress on a deal to secure gas from Russia for the next 12 months during talks brokered by the European Union in Berlin on Monday.
North Korea seen intent on provocation but no sign of nuclear test
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is intent on using missile launches to increase regional tension but it does not appear to be preparing for a fourth nuclear test or long-range missile launch, the U.S. and South Korean defense ministers said on Friday.
France’s National Front founder Le Pen rebuffs daughter’s call to quit
PARIS (Reuters) – French National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen rejected on Friday a call from his daughter, the party’s leader, to leave politics over comments he made that she fears will hurt her push to widen the right-wing party’s appeal.
U.S., Cuba hold highest-level meeting in more than 50 years
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. and Cuban foreign ministers sat down for talks on Thursday night in the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the early days of the Cuban revolution more than half a century ago.
China mounts detailed defense of South China Sea reclamation
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday sketched out plans for the islands it is creating in the disputed South China Sea, saying they would be used for military defense as well as to provide civilian services that would benefit other countries.
Iran’s leader says Saudi air strikes causing genocide
ADEN (Reuters) – Iran’s leader on Thursday condemned as genocide the military intervention by its main regional rival Saudi Arabia in Yemen, escalating Tehran’s rhetoric against the two-week-old air strike campaign.
Lebanese security forces kill militant in north
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – An Islamist militant with ties to the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front was killed in a shoot out with Lebanese security forces in the northern city of Tripoli, security sources said.
Ghana oil refinery breakdown a symbol of economic woes
ACCRA (Reuters) – When it opened in 1963, Ghana’s oil refinery symbolized pride and hope for the first African country to escape colonial rule. Now the plant stands idle in a sign of the economic shadow that has crept over one of the continent’s bright…
Malaysia toughens sedition law to include online media ban, mandatory jail
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has strengthened its controversial sedition law, imposing a minimum jail term of three years and allowing the government to block online media deemed to be seditious, lawmakers said on Friday.
