Another brother of South Korea ferry disaster fugitive arrested
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police arrested a younger brother of the country’s most wanted man, a businessman linked to a ferry disaster in which hundreds of school children drowned, on Sunday as authorities cast a wide net for the fugitive’s family…
Renegade general urges Turks, Qataris to leave east Libya
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan renegade general has called on all Turks and Qataris to leave volatile eastern Libya, accusing the two countries of supporting “terrorism”, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Once a European star, Sweden heads to vote with reform fatigue
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – When Sweden’s leftist opposition leader, a former welder, visited a disused factory in an old industrial town on his campaign trail, it was not to lament a bygone era but to tour new luxury apartments selling at around $6,000 a sq…
South Africa says Zuma ‘fine’, plays down report of poor health
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s health is “fine”, his spokesman said on Sunday, playing down a newspaper report that heart problems, diabetes and high blood pressure caused the leader’s brief hospitalization two weeks ago….
Kerry to discuss possible oil supply disruptions from Iraq conflict-official
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss with Gulf countries this week possible oil disruptions from the Iraq conflict, a senior State Department official said on Sunday.
South Korea troops surround soldier who killed five comrades
SEOUL (Reuters) – The parents of a South Korean conscript soldier who killed five comrades in a grenade and gun attack pleaded with him to surrender on Sunday, after he exchanged fire with troops who had tracked him down near a school close to the Nort…
Hundreds of thousands vote in Hong Kong democracy ‘poll’ in defiance of Beijing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Nearly 600,000 votes have been cast in three days of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong, part of a civil campaign that has been branded illegal by the former British colony and by Communist Party authoriti…
Cruise ship carrying nearly 200 people evacuated in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A cruise ship carrying 154 passengers and 40 crew was evacuated after it sprang a leak on a river in the eastern Netherlands early on Sunday morning, emergency services said.
Mud flung as Indonesia presidential race heats up
JAKARTA (Reuters) – One of the two hopefuls in Indonesia’s presidential election has been accused of being a closet Christian, the other of being a foreigner and unfit to lead the nation.
Cuffed knifeman ‘apologizes’ for holy war assault in China’s Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of the assailants who carried out an attack in western China that injured four people has apologized and said other members of his group had convinced him to participate in a “holy war”, state media said late on Saturday.
