Scores dead in intensified fighting in southern Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intense clashes in southern Syria have killed scores of pro-government and insurgent fighters in the past week, a group monitoring Syria’s war said on Sunday, forecasting even fiercer violence as the weather clears.
‘Nut rage’ prompts South Korea to consider law against high-handed conduct
SEOUL (Reuters) – Resentment has mounted so much in South Korea against what has come to be known as “gabjil”, high-handedness by the rich and powerful, that parliamentarians are proposing legislation to punish some of the worst abuses.
Dutch ruling coalition continues slide in opinion poll
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The center-right government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte slid further in opinion polls ahead of a March provincial election that could see his fragile Liberal-Labour coalition lose the Senate.
Geopolitics versus politics in Greek debt drama
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In the tug-of-war over Greece’s debt crisis, geopolitics and domestic politics are pulling in opposite directions.
Turkish court remands 17 policemen to face wiretapping trial
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court remanded 17 policemen in custody to face trial as part of an investigation into the illegal wiretapping of politicians, civil servants and businessmen, Turkish media reported on Sunday.
Former top health official in China gets 19 years prison: media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The former deputy health commission chief in the Chinese city of Shanghai has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes, corruption and embezzlement, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sund…
Italian coastguard goes to rescue of at least 600 migrants
ROME (Reuters) – Two merchant ships and an Italian coast guard vessel went to the rescue of more than 600 migrants who sent emergency calls for help from their packed rubber boats near the Libyan coast on Saturday.
Shots fired at Copenhagen synagogue: Danish police
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – One person was shot in the head and two police were wounded in an attack on a synagogue in central Copenhagen, Danish police said, adding that it was too early to say whether the incident was connected to an earlier one at an art…
Shelling halts in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached last Thursday.
One dead in shooting at Danish meeting with artist who drew Mohammad
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A civilian was killed and three police wounded on Saturday when a masked gunman sprayed bullets into a Copenhagen meeting attended by a Swedish artist threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
