Aden airport, seaport resume work as Yemen crisis eases
ADEN (Reuters) – Authorities in southern Yemen re-opened Aden’s air and sea ports on Thursday, officials said, after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accepted some demands from the dominant Houthi group in a move expected to ease days of tension in the…
Australian authorities call for tenders for potential MH370 recovery
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) on Thursday called for expressions of interest in the recovery of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from the bottom of the Indian Ocean – should the aircraft be found.
North Korea labels prominent defector a criminal in letter to U.N.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has launched an aggressive campaign seeking to discredit a U.N. report on human rights abuses in the country, following news that a prominent defector had recanted parts of his testimony.
El Salvador woman jailed over abortion pardoned by Congress
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Congress on Wednesday pardoned a woman accused of abortion and later sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide in a landmark case that has put the country’s harsh laws under the spotlight.
Cambodia’s freewheeling Internet lands autocratic Hun Sen in quandary
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The CCTV footage is blurry but graphic. A gunman stands over a cringing victim, firing bullet after bullet into his body until the Phnom Penh street is spattered with blood.
Libyan rival parliament suspends U.N.-sponsored peace talks
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A parliament set up in Libya to rival the elected assembly has suspended U.N.-sponsored peace talks because of what it called fresh violence from the country’s recognized government, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
China censures 11 officials over Shanghai New Year stampede
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has punished 11 Shanghai officials for failing to prevent a New Year’s Eve stampede that killed 36 people, injured dozens and dented the image of the country’s most cosmopolitan city.
Russia has 9,000 troops in Ukraine, Poroshenko tells Davos forum
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Wednesday of sending 9,000 troops to back separatist rebels in the east of his country, and the IMF chief said she backed extra financial help for Kiev as the conflic…
As Obama visits, signs that India is pushing back against China
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When Sri Lanka unexpectedly turfed out President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an election this month, it was the biggest setback in decades for China’s expansion into South Asia – and a remarkable diplomatic victory for India.
Disenchanted militants in South Asia eye Islamic State with envy
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Splits within the Taliban, and doubts over whether its elusive leader is even alive, are driving a growing number of militant commanders in Afghanistan and Pakistan towards Islamic State (IS) for …
