Filipino ex-senators ask court to scrap new U.S. defense pact
MANILA (Reuters) – Two former senators, who voted to evict two large U.S. military bases from the Philipiines in 1991, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to declare unconstitutional a new defense pact clinched with Washington, the first legal challenge …
Lithuania’s president wins second term on anti-Russia platform
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite has won the first consecutive presidential term in the country’s history, with her anti-Russian platform striking a chord with voters.
Suicide bomb hits army bus in Kabul, at least two dead
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up close to an army minibus in the Afghan capital on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring two, the defense ministry said.
China says Vietnam claims to disputed islets ‘ridiculous’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China described Vietnam’s claim to disputed South China Sea islands as “ridiculous” on Monday, as tension rises over competing claims of sovereignty in waters believed to be rich in oil and natural gas.
Train crash in northern India kills at least 40, many trapped
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – A passenger train collided with a stationary goods train in India’s most populous state on Monday, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 150, police and railway officials said.
Lithuania’s president wins second term on anti-Russia platform
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite has won the first consecutive presidential term in the country’s history, with her anti-Russian platform striking a chord with voters.
Indonesia’s religious minister resigns over pilgrimage graft case
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s religious minister, a prominent supporter of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, has resigned after being named a suspect in a corruption case over funds set aside for the main Muslim pilgrimage.
Egypt Interior ministry denies state TV report of bomb
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Interior Ministry denied an earlier report on state TV of a homemade bomb exploding outside a polling station in the city of El-Mahalla El-Kubra on Monday, on the first day of voting in presidential elections.
Shopping mall fire kills five in latest South Korean accident
SEOUL (Reuters) – A fire at a bus terminal and shopping complex in a busy suburban neighborhood north of Seoul killed five people and injured dozens on Monday, the latest in a series of accidents in South Korea, including a ferry disaster that killed m…
Jaitley favorite to become India’s finance minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Arun Jaitley is the only obvious candidate for finance minister on a list of cabinet members prepared by India’s Narendra Modi, who will be sworn in as prime minister later on Monday, two sources in the ruling party said.
