Netanyahu backer’s bid for pro-settler paper rips Israeli right
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The planned purchase of a second right-wing Israeli newspaper by a major American backer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has some critics seeing a move to shore up his constituency as U.S.-sponsored peace talks with the Pales…
Anger in China at brutality in chemical plant protests
BEIJING (Reuters) – Protests against a proposed chemical plant in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong spread to the provincial capital on Tuesday, even as authorities signalled they may back down on construction plans in attempt to head off more…
Death toll in Syria’s civil war above 150,000: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 150,000 people have been killed in Syria’s three-year-old civil war, a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
Humanitarian crisis looms in western Myanmar as foreign aid workers leave
DHAECHAUNG VILLAGE, Myanmar (Reuters) – With food stocks dwindling and prices rising by the hour in his camp for displaced Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Hla Maung decided to ask a friend in the neighbouring village for food.
Pace of NATO increasing military forces in Poland unsatisfactory: PM
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that the pace at which NATO increases its military presence in Poland was unsatisfactory.
Nepal targets Tibetan exiles, under pressure from China: rights body
KATHMANDU, April 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tibetan refugees living in Nepal face tighter curbs on freedom of expression and assembly as the tiny Himalayan nation succumbs to pressure from neighbour China, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday…
Former Bogota mayor would beat Santos in Colombian election: poll
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Enrique Penalosa, the former mayor of Bogota, would win the presidential election in a second round against President Juan Manuel Santos, according to a poll by Centro Nacional de Consultoria published late Monday.
Japan relaxes arms export regime to fortify defense
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan eased its weapons export restrictions on Tuesday in the first major overhaul of arms transfer policy in nearly half a century, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to fortify ties with allies and bolster the domestic defense indus…
Court rules defecting Nigerian lawmakers must vacate seats
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian lawmakers who defected to the main opposition coalition must vacate their seats, a court has ruled in a victory for President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of what will be a closely fought election in February 2015.
Manila files corruption cases against three senators for misuse of funds
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine government prosecutors will file plunder cases in an anti-graft court against three senators for misuse of congressional funds worth billions of pesos, a breakthrough in Manila’s fight against corruption, officials said on…
