Yemen’s exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy
ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed his former prime minister as vice president on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at improving the chances of a peaceful settlement to the civil war that forced Hadi to flee to Saud…
Hundreds march as Turkish mine disaster trial begins
AKHISAR, Turkey (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters marched in western Turkey on Monday, demanding harsh sentences for mining company executives at the start of their trial over the deaths of 301 miners, the country’s worst industrial accident.
Fifteen killed in wildfires in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wildfires in the Russian region of Khakassia in southern Siberia have killed 15 people and caused damage worth at least $96 million, the region’s leader said on Monday.
Party of Nigeria’s defeated president wins oil hub Rivers state
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – The party of Nigeria’s outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan won a landslide victory in the governorship election for the key oil-producing Rivers state, officials said on Monday.
Indonesia eyes regular navy exercises with U.S. in South China Sea
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia wants to hold regular military exercises with the United States near the sparsely populated Natuna archipelago, an area of the South China Sea near China’s claims, a navy spokesman said on Monday.
Bomb kills two police in northeast Myanmar near China border
YANGON (Reuters) – – Two police officers from an anti-narcotics task force were killed and three wounded when a bomb exploded in a volatile area of northeastern Myanmar near the border with China, a police official said on Monday.
History now made, U.S. and Cuba face bumpy road ahead
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part.
Japan PM Abe’s bloc wins two key governor races, bolstering policy push
TOKYO (Reuters) – Candidates backed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won two key governor elections on Sunday, setting the stage for him to push on with divisive policies to boost defense and restart nuclear reactors shut after the 2…
South Korea’s Park to skip Russia World War Two event that North’s Kim will attend
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not attend an event in Moscow to mark the end of World War Two in Europe and instead send an envoy, an official said on Monday, dashing the possibility for a rare summit with the leader of Nor…
Islamic State militants claim attacks on embassies in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea’s mission in Tripoli.
