Scottish Labour picks new leader as UK election battle looms
LONDON (Reuters) – The opposition Labour party has chosen former cabinet minister Jim Murphy as its leader in Scotland where he will have the job of trying to hold on to the seats the party needs to win a British national election due in May.
Iran extends visas for 450,000 Afghan refugees
KABUL (Reuters) – Iran said it had agreed to extend temporary visas for 450,000 Afghan refugees for six months, lifting a threat to send them back home to a country facing attacks by resurgent militants.
EU’s Juncker tells Britain to ease up on migrants
VIENNA (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker warned Britain not to discriminate against workers from fellow EU countries and said any moves to restrict the free movement of people could ultimately harm capital flows into London’…
Indonesia rescuers use hands in search for scores missing in mudslide
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A landslide destroyed a remote village in Indonesia, killing at least 17 people, an official said on Saturday, as rescuers used their bare hands and sticks to search through the mud for scores of missing in the absence of heavy-lift…
Set aside hate, China’s Xi says on Nanjing Massacre anniversary
BEIJING(Reuters) – China and Japan should set aside hatred and not allow the minority who led Japan to war to affect relations now, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday, as the country marked its first national memorial day for the Nanjing Mas…
Two foreign soldiers killed by Taliban attack near Afghanistan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban bomb killed two foreign soldiers in a NATO convoy late on Friday night the U.S. Bagram Airfield base north of Kabul, adding to a spate of deadly attacks in and around the Afghan capital as international forces leave the coun…
Taliban kills 12 demining workers in Afghanistan, police say
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban shot dead 12 demining workers near the former British base of Camp Bastion in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Saturday, opening fire from motor bikes, police said.
Taliban shoot dead Supreme Court official in Afghanistan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents gunned down a top official of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court as he left his home in Kabul on Saturday, the latest in a spate of strikes by the hardline Islamists on a broad range of targets in and around the Afghan cap…
Russia says will react if U.S. imposes new sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will take counter measures if Washington imposes new sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday.
India police detain man said to be behind pro-Islamic State Twitter posts
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police on Saturday arrested a company executive suspected of operating a pro-Islamic State Twitter account that pumped out a stream of updates on the violent group’s military campaign from his base in Bengaluru.
