Japan PM Abe aims to improve ties with China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said ahead of his trip to a leaders’ summit in Jakarta that he aims to improve ties with China, and reiterated that he is ready to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Police detain suspect after fire at British Embassy in The Hague
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police detained a man in connection with a fire at the British embassy in The Hague on Tuesday, they said in a tweet.
Yemen’s Houthi fighters have tough record in ground war
SANAA (Reuters) – It’s a nightly exercise in futility: Yemen’s Houthis fire rifles at Saudi F-15 jets thundering overhead. But the guerrillas’ Kalashnikovs would be more formidable if and when Saudi Arabia decided to fight a ground war.
Air strike on missile base in Yemen capital kills 25, wounds hundreds
SANAA (Reuters) – An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa triggered a big explosion that killed 25 people and wounded almost 400 on Monday, state news agency Saba said.
Sudan’s president cancels trip to Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir at the last minute canceled a trip to Indonesia for a summit this week, a government official said, in what would have been his first trip outside of Africa or the Middle East in nearly four y…
U.N. Security Council demands aid access for Syria’s Yarmouk camp
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Monday demanded all parties to the Syrian civil war allow humanitarian aid to reach without obstruction the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, a site that Islamist mili…
Pope condemns killings of Ethiopian Christians in Libya
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis condemned the “continuing martyrdom” of Christians on Monday after 30 Ethiopians were shown being shot and beheaded in Libya on a video purportedly made by Islamic State militants.
Britain’s John Major warns of a Labour-SNP deal: The Times
(Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister John Major will urge voters on Tuesday to reject a “weak and unstable” Labour government subjected to a “daily dose of political blackmail” by the Scottish National Party (SNP), the Times reported.
Bomb explodes at Spanish embassy in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in front of the Spanish embassy in the Libyan capital late on Monday, residents said, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions in the North African country.
Mexico says to investigate reports of police killings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said on Monday it would investigate reports that federal police killed 16 unarmed people in two attacks in January, the latest allegations to raise the specter of abuses by Mexican security forces.
