North Korea fires mid-range ballistic missiles into sea -South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two mid-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast and towards Japan early on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said as the leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States discussed North Korea’s ar…
Search for Malaysian jet resumes off Australia after weather improves
BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Dozens of distraught relatives of passengers on a lost Malaysian jetliner clashed with police in Beijing on Tuesday, accusing Malaysia of “delays and deception” a day after it confirmed the plane crashed in remote seas …
Suicide car bomb kills five policemen in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamists drove a car packed with explosives into a police patrol in the northeast city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing five policemen, a police source and a witness said.
U.S. says Syria government mostly to blame for hindered aid
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. report on how Syria’s neediest civilians are often not accessible to humanitarian relief workers makes it clear that the government of President Bashar al-Assad shoulders most of the blame, a U.S. official said on Tues…
Brotherhood head, 682 others tried in Egypt after mass death sentence
MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) – The leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 others went on trial on Tuesday on charges including murder, a day after more than 500 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi were sentenced to death.
AU brands Central African Republic militia ‘terrorists’ after peacekeeper killed
BANGUI (Reuters) – The African Union on Tuesday branded militia targeting Muslims in Central African Republic as “terrorists” and said they would be treated as enemy combatants, a day after a Congolese peacekeeper was killed.
Left party to exit Finland’s government over budget cuts
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Left Alliance will quit the government after opposing cuts to welfare spending in the budget, the party’s leader said on Tuesday, but the ruling coalition will retain a parliamentary majority.
Southern ‘sweep’ state could shape India’s next government
TIRUVANNAMALAI, India (Reuters) – The politics of forming India’s next government could come down to how many seats a 1960s matinee siren can wrest from a rival named Stalin.
Iraq electoral commission resigns en masse weeks before vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The entire board of Iraq’s electoral commission tendered its resignation on Tuesday in protest against political interference, casting doubt on a nationwide vote scheduled for next month.
Hollande to ‘act’ as French government reshuffle talk grows
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande will act soon in response to his Socialist Party’s poor showing in municipal elections, a presidential source said on Tuesday, amid growing talk of an imminent reshuffle of government ministers.
