Syria willing to suspend Aleppo air strikes for six weeks: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Syrian government is willing to suspend its aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of the northern city of Aleppo so that a local ceasefire can be tested, the United Nations mediator on Syria said on Tuesday.
Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over executions
JAKARTA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indonesia owes it to Australia not to execute two Australian drug offenders on death row, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, ratcheting up a diplomatic war of words that is threatening to sour relations between the…
Muslim rebels hand over some police weapons in Philippine south
MANILA (Reuters) – The largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines handed in 16 assault rifles taken from police commandos killed in a January firefight that has jeopardized milestone peace talks, in what the group said on Wednesday was a show of goo…
In Afghanistan’s deadliest year, battles, not bombs, top killer of civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – Battles between the Taliban and government forces were responsible for the most Afghan civilian casualties in 2014, the war’s deadliest year, surpassing roadside bombs as the leading killer for the first time, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over executions
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indonesia owes it to Australia not to execute two Australian drug offenders on death row, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, ratcheting up a diplomatic war of words that is threatening to sour relations between the neighbo…
Haiti cancels last day of Carnival after 16 die in float accident
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – At least 16 people were killed and 78 injured early on Tuesday when a singer on a Carnival float hit an overhead power line in Port-au-Prince, setting off a stampede by bystanders, officials said.
U.S., Turkey soon to sign Syrian opposition train-and-equip deal
ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition fighters and expect to sign the pact soon, U.S. and Turkish officials said on Tuesday with Ankara predicting a s…
Putin tells Kiev to let troops surrender as Ukraine ceasefire unravels
NIKISHINE, Ukraine/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to pro-Russian rebels, who spurned a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and fought their way on Tuesday into the town of Debaltseve, encircling t…
Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over executions
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indonesia owes it to Australia not to execute two Australian drug offenders on death row, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, ratcheting up a diplomatic war of words that is threatening to sour relations between the neighbo…
‘Commie-loving Mainlanders’ targeted at Hong Kong’s top university
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A campus election at a top Hong Kong university degenerated into an acrimonious campaign against mainland Chinese candidates, highlighting simmering tensions two months after pro-democracy protests led by local students paralysed …
