Ukrainian nationalists hurt in grenade attack, stokes anti-Russian feeling
KIEV (Reuters) – Six people were treated in hospital for injuries on Tuesday after what police said was a grenade attack on a group of Ukrainian nationalists in the eastern city of Kharkiv which several officials blamed on pro-Russian forces.
Kremlin says Kiev’s actions damage prospects for Ukraine summit: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday increased military activity by Ukrainian government forces had undermined hopes of arranging a four-way summit on the conflict in east Ukraine, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.
Blast at Indian chemical factory kills 1, injures 4
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – One person died and four others injured at a chemical factory in the western Indian state of Gujarat after a blast caused by a short circuit, police said on Tuesday.
Special Report: For Islamic State, wheat season sows seeds of discontent
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – As the season for wheat planting in Iraq wound down early last month, farmers in areas under the control of Sunni militant group Islamic State grew worried.
Post-attacks, France’s Le Pen struggles to be heard
PARIS (Reuters) – Support for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was widely expected to soar in the wake of the deadly attacks on Paris by Islamist militants. In the event, the possible next leader of France was outmaneuvered by President Francois H…
North Korean website says recanted defector testimony mocks human rights accusations
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.N. campaign to make North Korea accountable for human rights abuses should be scrapped, a semi-official North Korean propaganda website said on Tuesday, days after a defector admitted parts of his story about brutal prison life we…
India’s president speaks out against partisan politics
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s president has rapped political parties for obstructing parliament after the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi resorted to a flurry of executive decrees to push through economic reforms held up by the opposition.
In victory for Widodo, Indonesia parliament backs direct regional vote
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s opposition-dominated parliament on Tuesday approved direct elections for governors and mayors, overturning legislation passed in September and handing a political victory to President Joko Widodo.
South Korea group launches anti-North leaflets despite calls to refrain
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean activist group led by a defector from North Korea said on Tuesday it had launched balloons with messages critical of the North’s leader across the border, defying a request by Seoul to refrain as it pursues dialogue wit…
Japan says jets scrambling at record pace to counter Chinese, Russian intrusions
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese air force jets are scrambling at a record pace to counter Chinese fighters intruding into its air space along its southern flank and Russian bombers and spy planes probing its northern defenses, the Defence Ministry said on T…
