Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine: Japanese media
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine, seen by critics as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism, media reported on Monday, in a move likely to further strain ties with China and South Korea.
Niger could sign new deal with Areva within days: mines minister
NIAMEY (Reuters) – The government of Niger, the world’s fourth largest uranium producer, is on the verge of renewing an agreement with French state-controlled nuclear group Areva, the West African nation’s mines minister said on Sunday.
Air strikes in Yemen kill 40 al Qaeda militants in two days
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Air strikes in southern Yemen killed about 30 suspected al Qaeda members on Sunday, local tribal sources said, in the second day of strikes against militant targets in the country.
Top Palestinian cleric says Israel threw stun grenades into al Aqsa; Israel denies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The most senior Islamic cleric in Jerusalem said on Sunday Israeli police hurled stun grenades into al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, to quell the latest in a string of Palestinian protests at the politically sensitive h…
Ex-army chief, leftist to run for Egyptian presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) – The former army general who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected president will face a leftist politician in next month’s presidential election, as they were the only candidates to enter, the committee organising the vote said on Sund…
Australia sees ‘regroup’ on Malaysian plane search in a few days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Australia will decide in a few days whether to alter or scale back the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, but will consult all countries involved on any changes, Australia’s ambassador to the United States said on S…
Deadly gun attack in eastern Ukraine shakes fragile Geneva accord
SLAVIANSK/YENAKIEVO, Ukraine (Reuters) – At least three people were killed in a gunfight in the early hours of Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord that was designed to aver…
Al Qaeda kills 14 Algerian soldiers in ambush
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Islamist militants killed at least 14 Algerian soldiers in an ambush in mountains east of the capital Algiers at the weekend in one of the deadliest attacks on the military in years.
Iran, world powers to start work on nuclear drafts next month
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran and world powers will begin work drafting a long-term settlement of Iran’s disputed nuclear program at expert-level talks in New York next month, the official state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.
Technical problems delay reopening of Libya’s Zueitina oil port: minister
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Technical problems have delayed the reopening of Libya’s eastern Zueitina oil export terminal after the government reached a deal with rebels to end an eight-month blockade of the port, a minister said on Sunday.
