Myanmar police fire shots to end sectarian riot in Mandalay
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police fired shots on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the streets of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city, police sources and a witness said.
China military bases threatened by luxury villas, fake tourists
BEIJING (Reuters) – The security of Chinese military bases is being threatened by illegally built high-rise buildings, and in one case villas built inside a base, and fake tourists seeking access to sensitive sites to spy, state media said on Wednesday…
Venezuela restores diplomatic ties with Panama
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has restored full diplomatic ties with Panama, President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday, months after he angrily broke off formal relations with the Central American country.
Uganda says Seleka now its enemy as it hunts LRA in Central African Republic
KAMPALA/BANGUI (Reuters) – Uganda’s army said on Tuesday the mainly Muslim Seleka group in Central African Republic was now its enemy as the fighters were “in bed” with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels they are hunting there.
Ukraine forces attack rebel positions, Putin growls
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces struck at pro-Russian separatist bases in eastern regions with air and artillery strikes on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko announced he would not renew a ceasefire but go on the offensive to rid Ukraine of “p…
Sunnis, Kurds shun Iraq parliament
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Sunnis and Kurds walked out of the first session of Iraq’s new parliament on Tuesday after Shi’ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, dimming any prospect of an early national unity government to save Iraq f…
France’s former President Sarkozy detained by police
NANTERRE France (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held for questioning for 15 hours on Tuesday over suspicions he used his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign….
Benghazi attack suspect has been talking to U.S. interrogators: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Libyan militant accused of involvement in the 2012 attacks on U.S. government installations in Benghazi, Libya, has been talking to U.S. interrogators, U.S. officials familiar with the matter said.
Bomb kills 20 in Nigeria market, girls’ abduction suspect held
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb in a van carrying charcoal exploded in a busy market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people in the latest suspected attack by Islamist militants, witnesses said.
Japan takes historic step from post-war pacifism, OKs fighting for allies
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan took a historic step away from its post-war pacifism on Tuesday by ending a ban that has kept the military from fighting abroad since 1945, a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but a move that has riled China and worries many…
