U.S. at U.N. calls North Korea ‘living nightmare;’ China overruled
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and other Western members of the U.N. Security Council on Monday slammed North Korea’s human rights record after voting to over-rule China’s objections and add the hermit state to the council’s agenda.
Veteran Essebsi wins Tunisia’s first free presidential vote
TUNIS (Reuters) – Veteran Tunisian politician Beji Caid Essebsi won the country’s first free presidential election in the final step of a transition to democracy after an uprising that ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
Bombs in north Nigeria bus station, market kill 27
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two bomb attacks at a bus station and a market in north Nigeria on Monday killed at least 27 people and wounded around 60, officials said.
Record number at Germany’s anti-immigrant rally
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – More than 17,000 people took part in Germany’s largest anti-immigrant rally to date on Monday in the eastern city of Dresden, gathering to sing Christmas carols and listen to speakers complain about immigrants and asylum-se…
U.S. says North Korea call for joint probe of Sony hack ‘absurd’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Washington’s U.N. envoy on Monday dismissed as absurd North Korean demands for a joint U.S.-North Korean investigation of the hacking of Sony Pictures and threats of retaliation if the United States refused.
Jordan puts Brotherhood politician on trial over UAE comments
AMMAN (Reuters) – Prominent Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood figure Zaki Bani Rushaid went on trial on Monday on charges of “souring ties with a foreign country” after he criticized the United Arab Emirates for designating his organization as a terrorist g…
Ukraine peace talks may be held in Minsk on Dec. 24 and 26: Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – A fresh round of peace talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will be held in the Belarussian capital on Dec. 24 and 26, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement on M…
Greek prosecutor closes bribery investigation before vote
ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek prosecutor has closed an investigation into allegations that a lawmaker was offered a bribe to back the government in a tight vote in parliament that could trigger a snap general election, a court official said on Monday.
Japanese daily promises reform after ‘comfort women’ coverage rebuked
TOKYO (Reuters) – The president of Japan’s leading liberal newspaper pledged to fundamentally transform the paper for the better after its coverage of women forced into sex work during the Second World War was sharply criticized in a report.
Iraq says Jordan to begin training Iraqi troops soon
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan will begin training the first group of army troops from neighboring Iraq in the next few weeks as part of the international effort to fight Islamic State, the Iraqi defense minister said on Monday.
