U.S. pledges up to $50 million urgent aid for South Sudan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has authorized the use of up to $50 million from its emergency refugee fund to help with urgent humanitarian needs resulting from fighting in South Sudan, the White House said on Monday.
Thailand’s army declares martial law
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s army declared martial law on Tuesday to restore order after six months of anti-government protests which have left the country without a functioning government.
Panama to renew consular relations with Venezuela
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama said on Monday it would restore consular relations with Venezuela in the coming days, months after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke diplomatic and economic ties, accusing Panama’s government of joining an alleged…
Facing tough EU election, UK’s Clegg attacks ‘false patriot’ euro-skeptics
LONDON (Reuters) – Politicians who want Britain to withdraw from the European Union are “false patriots” who act against Britain’s national interests, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will say in a speech on Tuesday.
U.S. hopes for Pacific cooperation with India navy under Modi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States hopes to be able to expand naval cooperation with India once a new government is in place in New Delhi, the chief of U.S. naval operations said on Monday.
Libyan special forces commander says his forces join renegade general
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – The commander of Libyan army special forces said on Monday he had allied with renegade general Khalifa Haftar in his campaign against militant Islamists, highlighting the failure of central government in Tripoli to a…
Gunmen kill three policemen at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University
(Reuters) – Gunmen killed three policemen on Monday night at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, security sources said, a week before a presidential election former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win.
Seven bodies dumped in truck in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Seven bodies were dumped in a light truck in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas where a battle between drug gangs has sparked a wave of bloody shootouts and massacres, the government said on Monday.
No budget, no elevators: political crisis gums up Thai government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Bangkok’s Government House, the seat of power in the heart of the Thai capital, has stood empty for six months, except for the troops guarding it from protesters who want to oust the administration and overhaul Thailand’s democracy….
South Korea offers little in way of legal recourse for sunken ferry crew
MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s legal system appears to be failing 15 surviving crew of a ferry that sank last month, killing hundreds of children, with their being tried and convicted by an angry public before the case has even come to co…
