Kurdish deal with Turkey within reach but legal guarantees key: Ocalan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A settlement to end a three-decade insurgency by Kurdish militants in Turkey could be reached within months if the government puts in place legal guarantees for Kurdish rights, a jailed militant leader was quoted as saying on Sunda…
Vietnam detains blogger for ‘bad’ content
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese police have detained a blogger for posting “bad content” about the state, the latest move in a crackdown on dissent that has been condemned by rights groups and Western governments.
Moldovans vote, may slow moves to integrate with Europe
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Ex-Soviet Moldova voted on Sunday as polls showed the outcome might slow, though not halt, its moves to shift toward the European Union and away from Russia, which has hurt its economy by banning its wines and other prime exports.
Thai crown prince revokes wife’s royally-assigned family name
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s crown prince has revoked the royally-assigned family name of his wife, following the arrest of several of her relatives in a high-profile corruption case.
Arab-Jewish school, symbol of Jerusalem co-existence, torched
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a classroom in an Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem, police said on Sunday, targeting a symbol of co-existence in a city on edge over a recent surge in violence.
Sudan’s Bashir slams U.N. peacekeepers, demands they leave
CAIRO (Reuters) – A peacekeeping force in Darfur had become a security burden and should leave, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Sunday, escalating a row that has already led to the closure a joint United Nations-African Union office in…
India’s Modi vows to halt illegal immigrants from Bangladesh
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stepped up his rhetoric against illegal immigration from Bangladesh, vowing to halt the unauthorized flow of citizens from the neighboring country into the northeastern state of Assam…
Ivory Coast army protests sow fears of return to unrest
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Protests by disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast have exposed the government’s failure to reform its mutiny-plagued armed forces and its rapid capitulation sets a dangerous precedent in a country with bright economic prospects.
Inter-ethnic conflict racks Congo’s mining heartland
MUKONDO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Nsange’s troubles began with an affair. Pygmy residents of the village in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo caught a Bantu man in bed with a married pygmy woman last year.
Taiwan president’s party post at risk after election trouncing
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Pressure was building on Sunday for Taiwan’s president to step down as chief of the island’s China-friendly ruling party after an unprecedented election battering by the opposition threw into doubt efforts to build closer ties with t…
