Nigeria fuel marketers to end distribution embargo after meeting with minister
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian fuel marketers agreed to resume distribution on Monday after weeks of disruption led to chronic fuel shortages, bringing phone companies, banks and airlines to a standstill days before the inauguration of the country’s new pr…
Taiwan’s president to propose peace plan for South China Sea
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s president will propose a peace initiative on Tuesday to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea that have put Beijing at odds with its neighbors and with the United States, the official Central News Agency report…
Rajoy’s Spanish re-election plan in doubt after local battering
MADRID (Reuters) – To anyone who doubted his re-election strategy, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has had a simple answer: “Trust me”. Now, a battering in local polls has cast doubt on his plan that an economic recovery will secure him a second t…
One year on, Prime Minister Modi courts India’s poor
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told thousands of supporters his government was devoted to the poor on Monday, directly tackling criticism he has governed for the rich and failed farmers in his first year in office.
Germany protests Russia’s ejection of conservative MP from Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany formally protested to Russia on Monday over Moscow’s refusal to let a conservative German lawmaker into the country, a decision the Foreign Ministry criticized as unacceptable amid East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis.
Militants kill five, target telecoms in Indian Kashmir attacks
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Militants killed four Indian soldiers and an employee of a mobile phone shop in Indian Kashmir on Monday, in a spate of attacks in the disputed region.
Houthis suffer first serious setback in south Yemen fighting: residents
ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Local Sunni Muslim militia ejected Shi’ite Houthi rebels from much of the southern Yemeni city of Dalea on Monday, residents and combatants said, inflicting the first significant setback on the Iranian-backed rebels in two months…
Donor fatigue hits Nepal one month after mega earthquake: U.N.
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The international community’s response to devastating earthquakes in Nepal has been disappointing, a United Nations official said on Monday, adding that donors were focusing more on reconstruction than much need…
Burkina Faso exhumes remains of former president Sankara in murder probe
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Authorities in Burkina Faso began exhuming the remains of former president Thomas Sankara on Monday in a bid to establish responsibility for a murder that has dogged the West African nation since 1987.
Congo soldiers clash with Rwandan rebels in transit camp
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese soldiers clashed with Rwandan Hutu rebels being held in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, wounding at least six, as an agreement to move the rebels from one transit camp to another fell apart.
