Sri Lanka’s new government promises end to repression
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new government promised a tolerant era of harmony and political freedom after years of mounting repression under a decade-old administration that unraveled in electoral defeat this week.
Iran says to explore with U.S. ways to speed up nuclear talks
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran and the United States will explore ways to give impetus to nuclear talks when their chief diplomats meet in Geneva on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday.
Former aide to ousted Egyptian president Mursi released from jail: relatives
CAIRO (Reuters) – A former aide to ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement was released on Sunday for health reasons after 18 months in detention without charge, relatives said.
White House to hold global security summit Feb 18: U.S. official
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will invite allies to a Feb. 18 security summit in Washington to try and prevent violent extremism, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Sunday after meeting his European counterparts in Paris.
Suicide attack at Lebanese cafe kills at least seven
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack on a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least seven people on Saturday, the latest violence to hit a region repeatedly buffeted by violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
Pope calls for more market regulation, denies he is Marxist: paper
ROME (Reuters) – – Pope Francis has called for more regulation of financial markets and rejected suggestions that his criticisms of unbridled capitalism smack of Marxism.
India on brink of ‘quantum leap,’ Modi tells investors
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised on Sunday to pursue predictable policies and ensure stable taxes, in a speech that sought to address concerns for foreign investors in Asia’s third-largest economy.
Two suspected child suicide bombers hit north Nigeria town
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two suspected child suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, witnesses said, killing three people in the second apparent attack in two days using young girls strapped with explosives.
Former Kuwaiti minister detained over critical column: website
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait has detained a former information minister for publishing a column alleging misuse of state funds in an online newspaper he supervises, its website reported on Sunday.
U.S., allies carry out 19 air strikes in Syria and Iraq
(Reuters) – American-led forces launched 19 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
