Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes off Indonesia, no reports of damage
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties.
Kerry and Zarif hold second day of talks on Iran’s nuclear program
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers on Tuesday began a second day of talks on curbing Iran’s nuclear program with the aim of securing a framework agreement by the end of March.
Fame for North Korean defectors brings money, suspicion
SEOUL (Reuters) – Kang Myung-do, then son-in-law of North Korea’s premier, made a spectacular claim about Pyongyang’s nuclear capability when he defected to the South over two decades ago, asserting the secretive country had built five atomic bombs.
Iraq battles to rebuild despite war and oil slump
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – On a main highway south of Baghdad, dozens of buildings rise up from the Iraqi plains, the first blocks of a multi-billion-dollar city emerging from a landscape more accustomed to conflict and crisis than glitzy new development.
Pakistan arrests parents for refusing children’s polio vaccinations
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children against polio, officials said Tuesday, as community opposition and Taliban threats block efforts to eradicate the crippling dis…
Lebanese soldier and militant killed in shootout in north: sources
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A Lebanese soldier and a wanted militant were killed in an exchange of gunfire in northern Lebanon on Tuesday, security sources and a medic said.
Nigeria stalls Chad, aims to beat Boko Haram before election
N’DJAMENA/YAOUNDE (Reuters) – When battle-hardened Chadian troops overran a Boko Haram camp in northern Nigeria last week, they wanted to press deep into territory controlled by the Islamist group but Nigeria refused to let them.
China to hold parade, invite leaders to mark end of World War Two
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will hold a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two this year and invite the leaders of major countries involved in the war to attend, the foreign ministry said, events probably aimed at Japan….
Exclusive: Payment delays dent India’s flagship health, AIDS programs
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main public health programs, aimed at millions of rural poor, have been in disarray for months because the government changed the way that over $1.3 billion in federal funds were distributed, according to data and letters …
Uighur migrants held in Thailand for 11 months take case to court
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court will decide this month whether to release 17 Uighurs from the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, including 13 children, who have been detained for the past 11 months in Bangkok, a lawyer for the group said on Tuesday.
