China says wants closer military ties with Iran
BEIJING (Reuters) – China wants to have closer military ties with Iran, the Chinese defense minister told the visiting head of the Iranian navy on Thursday, state media reported, reaffirming diplomatic links despite controversy over Iran’s nuclear plan…
Bomb blast kills five at bus station in north Nigeria: police
ABUJA (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at a bus station in northern Nigeria’s Bauchi state late on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding 12, police said.
UK anti-EU party on course to win second parliamentary seat: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – The UK Independence Party (UKIP), which wants Britain to pull out of the European Union, is on course to win its second parliamentary seat as voters desert Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, according to the latest opinion…
Japan prosecutors set to rule on possible Fukushima indictments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors must decide this month whether to charge Tokyo Electric Power Co former executives for their handling of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, in a process that could drag the wrecked nuclear plant’s operator into criminal…
China’s Guangdong to ban officials with overseas kin from top jobs
BEIJING (Reuters) – The wealthy southern Chinese province of Guangdong plans to ban officials from senior or sensitive government positions if they have spouses or children living overseas as part of a corruption crackdown, a state-run newspaper said o…
Mexican security forces capture wife of top drug lord
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces have arrested the wife of one of the country’s most wanted drug cartel bosses, Servando Gomez, authorities in the violent western state of Michoacan said on Wednesday.
Scion of Pakistan’s Bhutto dynasty throws down gauntlet to PM
NAUDERO Pakistan (Reuters) – The scion of Pakistan’s leading political dynasty, emerging from the shadow of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto seven years after she was assassinated, has vowed to resurrect her party’s flagging fortunes…
Costa Rica intervenes to stop strike at port, arrests 68
SAN JOSE Costa Rica (Reuters) – Costa Rican police arrested 68 people in the country’s main Atlantic port on Wednesday after a strike over plans to expand the hub threatened to paralyze shipping.
Palestinian driver rams Jerusalem station killing baby
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A baby died and eight other people were hurt when a Palestinian man slammed his car into pedestrians at a Jerusalem light railway stop, then police shot the driver as he fled, police and a hospital official said.
Scion of Pakistan’s Bhutto dynasty throws down gauntlet to PM
NAUDERO Pakistan (Reuters) – The scion of Pakistan’s leading political dynasty, emerging from the shadow of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto seven years after she was assassinated, has vowed to resurrect her party’s flagging fortunes…
