Pope to visit South Korea in August, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will make his first trip to Asia in August, visiting South Korea for a festival of Asian Catholic youth, the Vatican said on Monday.
South Africa expels Burundi diplomat: Burundian official
NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Africa has expelled a diplomat from Burundi’s embassy in connection with a raid on an exiled Rwandan general’s Johannesburg home and Burundi is considering a response, a Burundian official said on Monday.
Protests and talks widen rifts in Venezuela opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) – As violent protests in Venezuela alienate moderates in the opposition and show no signs of toppling President Nicolas Maduro, the socialist leader’s call for talks is deepening divisions between his rivals.
U.N. inquiry aims to prevent genocide in Central African Republic
GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of a United Nations commission of inquiry into violence in Central African Republic expressed alarm on Monday over the level of “hate propaganda” there and said he hoped to head off the prospect of a campaign of genocide.
China says expels Philippine from disputed shoal
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday that coast guard ships had driven away two Philippine vessels which had tried to approach a shoal in the South China Sea in the latest flare-up of a long-running territorial dispute.
Afghan Taliban threaten to attack ‘sham’ poll ‘manipulated by U.S.’
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban said on Monday next month’s presidential election was being manipulated by the United States, which had already chosen the winner, and threatened to use “full force” in attacking anyone taking part.
Israeli Arab sentenced to 25 years for Tel Aviv bus bomb
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – An Israeli court on Monday sentenced an Israeli Arab to 25 years in prison for planting a bomb that wounded 15 people on a bus in Tel Aviv in 2012, the Justice Ministry said.
El Salvador election fight looms as ex-rebel claims narrow win
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A former Marxist guerrilla leader and his right-wing rival both claimed victory in El Salvador’s presidential election after results showed just a tiny margin between the two.
With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has curtailed the power of the ruling Communist Party’s Political and Legal Committee, a secretive body overseeing the security services, to interfere in most legal cases, scholars with knowledge of the situation said – a sign…
U.N. warns food security a risk to Asia-Pacific
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) – The world must increase its food production by 60 percent by mid-century or risk serious food shortages that could bring social unrest and civil wars, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
