Thai protest leader promises final push for alternative PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters in Thailand are to stage mass rallies in coming days to try to get a new prime minister installed, but their leader said if this final push in a six-month fight did not succeed, he would surrender to the a…
Suspected Boko Haram rebels attack Chinese plant in Cameroon
ABUJA (Reuters) – Suspected rebels from Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram attacked a Chinese plant in northern Cameroon near the town of Waza, a local governor told Reuters on Saturday.
China detains two rights lawyers in widening crackdown on activists
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police detained two prominent human rights lawyers this week, the latest arrests in a growing crackdown on dissent that has targeted rights activists and journalists.
China arrests suspects of Xinjiang station bombing
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the train station attack and bombing last month in the western city of Urumqi, state-backed newspaper Global Times reported on Saturday.
Third poll gives Zuluaga edge over Santos in Colombia presidential race
CARTAGENA (Reuters) – Colombia’s right-wing presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga is edging ahead of President Juan Manuel Santos in three voter polls after a survey published on Friday also showed Santos’s recently comfortable lead has evaporated …
Former China Resources executive under investigation – anti-graft body
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A former executive of state-owned China Resources (Holdings) Co. Ltd, a conglomerate of energy, land and consumer businesses in mainland China and Hong Kong, is under investigation, China’s top anti-corruption body said.
Colombia a step closer to peace with pact to fight drugs
HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels reached a landmark agreement with the government toward eliminating the illegal drug trade and called a weeklong ceasefire on Friday, giving a political boost to President Juan Manuel Santos in his re-el…
Ukrainian foreign minister calls on West to impose tougher sanctions on Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – The West should impose tougher sanctions on Russia, which is waging a “hidden war” in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine’s acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia said in an interview with German newspaper Die Welt.
Obama’s Asia pivot tested by China’s bold maritime claims
WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama sought to reassure allies in Asia last month that the United States would support them in the face of a more assertive China.
Colombian government, rebels move closer to peace deal
HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels reached an agreement with the government on eliminating the illegal drug trade and called a weeklong ceasefire on Friday, giving a political boost to President Juan Manuel Santos in his re-election bid.
