German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine has reduced significantly since a ceasefire deal was agreed in Minsk, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday during a visit to Romania.
Thai king visits palace in first trip outside of hospital
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej left hospital on Monday to visit his Bangkok palace, the first such trip since he was admitted last year, which is likely to comfort many who revere him as the arbiter of decades-long, sometimes vi…
Bangladeshi taken hostage by Islamic State in Libya oilfield attack
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh on Monday confirmed one of its citizens was among nine foreign workers taken hostage last week by the Islamic State militant group in an attack on a Libyan oilfield.
Myanmar court sentences 15 to death for 2011 gang murder
YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar court has sentenced 15 men to death for stabbing and killing a man outside a busy restaurant in the commercial capital Yangon, a court official said on Monday, an attack that caused public outrage and led to 23 arrests.
Bomb kills three soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed three Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai peninsula on Monday, security sources said.
China says Dalai Lama ‘profanes’ Buddhism by doubting his reincarnation
BEIJING (Reuters) – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is profaning Buddhism by suggesting that he will not be reincarnated when he dies, the Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said on Monday, in some of China’s strongest comments to date …
Malaysia Airlines says expired battery on MH370 did not hinder search
KUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines said on Monday that an expired battery in the underwater locator beacon of the “black box” flight data recorder on missing Flight MH370 would have made no difference in the search for the plane.
Kashmir fight adds to hurdles for Modi’s India reform push
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – A ruckus over the release from prison of a man who led the most serious revolt in decades against the Indian military in Kashmir is adding to mounting problems for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he tries to push economic re…
Iraq Kurds say meeting schedule of Baghdad oil export deal
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdistan region said in a statement on Monday it was on track to keep its side of an oil export deal reached with the federal government in Baghdad.
Air travel ‘safer’ in 2014 despite Malaysian disasters: IATA
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Last year was by some measures the safest in the history of commercial aviation, despite two high-profile crashes involving Malaysia Airlines aircraft in which hundreds of people were killed, a leading industry body said on Monday…
