At least 162,000 killed in Syria conflict: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 162,000 people have been killed in Syria’s three-year-old conflict, a monitoring group said on Monday, and thousands more are missing after being captured by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels trying to overthrow …
Thai PM rules out resigning as protesters move to oust him
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s acting prime minister on Monday ruled out resigning as a way out of a protracted political crisis that is stunting economic growth, as anti-government protesters stepped up pressure to remove him and install a new adminis…
Philippines’ Aquino says China violates informal code on sea
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino accused China on Monday of violating a 12-year-old informal code of conduct in the South China Sea with land reclamation work in a disputed shoal.
China ‘uses channels’ to warn North Korea against nuclear test: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has used diplomatic channels to warn North Korea against conducting a fourth nuclear test, multiple China-based diplomatic sources told Reuters, after the reclusive state renewed its threat of “counter-measures” against percei…
India’s Congress closes ranks behind Gandhis after poll rout
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Congress party was preparing to rally around the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty on Monday to snuff out possible dissent after it suffered its most humiliating defeat in an election.
Indonesia’s Jokowi gets election boost from VP pick
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received a major boost in the race to become president of the world’s third-largest democracy on Monday when he picked popular former vice president Jusuf Kalla as his running mate in the July electi…
Sample quality counts, says Indian pollster who called Modi triumph
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – While most exit polls forecast that Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi would become India’s next prime minister, only one little-known outlier accurately predicted the scale of his overwhelming election victory.
Colombia church bus fire kills 31 children, one adult
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Thirty-one children and one adult were killed in Colombia on Sunday when fuel exploded on a broken-down bus returning from a church event, an emergency response coordinator said.
South Korea’s Park, sorry over ferry disaster, breaks up coast guard
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye formally apologized on Monday for a ferry disaster last month that killed about 300 passengers, mostly school children, and said she would break up the coast guard because it had failed in its resc…
Mexican opposition party re-elects leader in boost for reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The leader of Mexico’s biggest opposition party comfortably won re-election on Sunday, boosting President Enrique Pena Nieto’s efforts to enact measures to open up the oil industry and increase competition in the telecoms sector…
