Man sets himself on fire in Japan in defense protest: witnesses
TOKYO (Reuters) – A man in Japan set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo on Sunday in an apparent protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to ease limits of the country’s pacifist constitution, police and witnesses said.
Philippine security forces in south on alert due to terror threat
MANILA (Reuters) – Security forces went on full alert in the southern Philippines on Sunday, police said, after military intelligence reported sightings of Islamist militants in the region after the detention of a top al Qaeda-linked leader.
Magnitude 7.1 quake hits near Visokoi Island, off South America
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit about 100 miles north-northwest of Visokoi Island in the South Sandwich Islands off South America, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Iran general says ready to help Iraq against militants
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is ready to help Iraq fight an armed revolt using the same methods it deployed against opposition forces in Syria, an Iranian general said, suggesting Tehran is offering to take a larger role in battling Sunni militias threatenin…
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits off Iwo Jimo, Japan: USGS
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit 84 miles (167 km) east-southeast of Iwo Jim in the Volcano Islands of Japan on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
After years off-stage, Iraq’s Sistani takes charge
NAJAF Iraq (Reuters) – Najaf is far from Baghdad’s palaces and the battlefields of northern Iraq. Its mud-brick houses, dirt alleys and concrete office blocks project little in the way of strength or sway. But it is here, where Iraq’s most influential …
Libyan suspect pleads not guilty in Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans.
Libyan suspect pleads not guilty in Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans.
China drives home message that golf courses are not the fairway to heaven
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – All that remains of the long fairways and manicured greens at the 18-hole golf course on the outskirts of Beijing are bits of rubble and mounds of mud. In March, Chinese authorities sent in workers to dig up the course and…
Libya needs two weeks to publish elections results
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will need around two weeks to count the votes of last week’s parliamentary election and publish final results, the elections commission said on Saturday.
