Sudan’s Bashir slams U.N. peacekeepers, demands they leave
CAIRO (Reuters) – A peacekeeping force in Darfur had become a security burden and should leave, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Sunday, escalating a row that has already led to the closure a joint United Nations-African Union office in…
India’s Modi vows to halt illegal immigrants from Bangladesh
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stepped up his rhetoric against illegal immigration from Bangladesh, vowing to halt the unauthorized flow of citizens from the neighboring country into the northeastern state of Assam…
Ivory Coast army protests sow fears of return to unrest
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Protests by disgruntled soldiers in Ivory Coast have exposed the government’s failure to reform its mutiny-plagued armed forces and its rapid capitulation sets a dangerous precedent in a country with bright economic prospects.
Inter-ethnic conflict racks Congo’s mining heartland
MUKONDO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Nsange’s troubles began with an affair. Pygmy residents of the village in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo caught a Bantu man in bed with a married pygmy woman last year.
Taiwan president’s party post at risk after election trouncing
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Pressure was building on Sunday for Taiwan’s president to step down as chief of the island’s China-friendly ruling party after an unprecedented election battering by the opposition threw into doubt efforts to build closer ties with t…
China’s Xi strikes conciliatory note, broadens diplomatic focus
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping ratcheted down Beijing’s heated rhetoric and called on the government to expand its foreign policy agenda through cooperation and diplomacy.
Two killed in Taliban raid in Kabul, Camp Bastion under fire
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces overcame Taliban insurgents attacking a guest house for international aid workers in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday and were still fighting gunmen inside former U.S. and British base Camp Bastion.
Iraq’s divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic State
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. air support and pledges of weapons and training for Iraq’s army have raised expectations of a counter-offensive soon against Islamic State, but sectarian rifts will hamper efforts to forge a military strategy and may delay a fu…
North Korea’s ‘princess’ moves closer to center of power
SEOUL (Reuters) – In her slim-fitting trouser suits and black-heeled shoes, Kim Yo Jong cuts a contrasting figure to her pudgy older brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Egyptian court drops case against Mubarak over 2011 protest deaths
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court has dropped its case against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule and symbolized hopes for a new era of political openness and accountability….
