Japan PM makes offering to Yasukuni Shrine, angers China, South Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine, seen by critics as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, angering both South Korea and China on Monday and putting regional ties under further strain…
British PM accused of fueling division with Christian talk
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of scientists, academics and prominent writers accused British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday of stoking sectarian divisions through his repeated description of Britain as a “Christian country”.
Taliban negotiator released in UAE, returns to Kabul: peace body
KABUL (Reuters) – A top Afghan peace negotiator held under house arrest in the United Arab Emirates has been released and returned to Kabul, an Afghan peace council official said on Monday, seemingly closing the door on a peace track favored by Preside…
Fire forces crew to abandon South Korean trawler off Sierra Leone coast
KENT, Sierra Leone (Reuters) – A fire on board a South Korean trawler fishing off the coast of Sierra Leone forced the crew to abandon ship, fleeing onto boats that came to their rescue, its captain told Reuters on Monday.
Former British PM Brown steps up bid to keep Scotland in UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is stepping up his efforts to stop Scotland leaving the United Kingdom as opinion polls show growing support for independence.
Tunisian diplomat, in video message, urges government to negotiate with Libyan kidnappers
TRIPOLI/TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian diplomat kidnapped in Libya pleaded with his government to negotiate with his Islamist captors, according to a video released by an Islamist group on Sunday evening.
Somali lawmaker killed by car bomb: officials
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A Somali lawmaker was killed when a bomb planted by Islamist militants ripped through his car in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, officials said.
China’s Communist Party expels former executive of defense firm
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former senior executive at a big Chinese defense industry company owned by a provincial government has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for corruption, the Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Monday.
China shoe strike spreads, enters second week
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – One of China’s biggest strikes in years stretched into a second week on Monday, and spread from a huge shoe production complex in southern Guangdong province to a facility owned by the same company in neighboring Jiangxi province.
Iraq-Turkey pipeline unusable due to persistent attacks: Turkish minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – An oil pipeline carrying crude from Iraq’s Kirkuk oil fields to Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan is unusable because of persistent militant attacks, Turkey’s energy minister said on Monday.
