Indonesia overlooks Australia in visa-free travel list
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Monday that Australia would be excluded from a list of 45 countries to be offered visa-free travel amid heightened tensions between the countries over the imminent execution of two convicted Australian drug traffic…
Moscow invites U.N. mediator to next Syria talks in early April: Ifax
МОSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow invited the U.N. envoy for Syria to a second round of meetings scheduled for the beginning of April between some Syrian opposition figures and the Damascus government, Interfax reported on Monday citing a deputy foreign minister.
Relief teams report devastation, death after Vanuatu cyclone
PORT VILA (Reuters) – Reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu on Monday painted a picture of utter destruction after a monster cyclone tore through the South Pacific island nation, flattening buildings and killing at least eight people.
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in fighting in the separatist-minded east of the country in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military said in a televised briefing on Monday.
Germany saw sharpest immigration rise in years in 2014
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of foreigners living in Germany grew at the fastest rate in more than two decades last year, the Statistics office said on Monday, data that is likely to fuel an already heated debate on immigration.
Netanyahu era ‘coming to an end,’ says former ally Lapid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The era of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ending, with Israeli voters clearly more concerned about economic and social issues than about security or fears over Iran, a leading election candidate said on Monday.
Disgraced former top Chinese military officer dies before trial
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of the most senior Chinese military officers to be accused of corruption has died of cancer, the state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, sparing the government what could have been an embarrassing trial.
Austrian minister says Minsk accord best chance to solve Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Minsk agreement to end fighting in eastern Ukraine is the biggest chance to solve Ukraine crisis peacefully and European leaders should not declare it has failed, Austria’s foreign minister said on Monday.
Houthis lift house arrest on Yemeni prime minister, cabinet: government spokesman
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi militia group on Monday released Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and all his cabinet ministers after nearly two months under house arrest, government spokesman Rajeh Badi said.
China says deliberation on draft anti-terrorism law goes ahead
BEIJING (Reuters) – Deliberation on a controversial Chinese anti-terrorism law is going on and it will be formulated based on national security needs, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after a senior U.S. official suggested the legislation had been …
