China seeks to boost development in minority areas
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will boost development in ethnic minority areas and spur their industrialisation, a senior Communist Party official said on Monday, in implicit recognition of the economic causes of some unrest in areas like Xinjiang.
Obama warns of ‘fallout’ for Israel if peace effort fails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, issuing a veiled warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of talks, said in an interview published on Sunday it would be harder for Washington to defend Israel against efforts to iso…
Russia’s Lavrov to meet U.N.’s Ban, Brahimi in Geneva: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva on Monday at a human rights council session, Russian agencies reported.
North Korea frees Australian Christian missionary
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea freed a Australian missionary who had been jailed for promoting Christianity on Monday, releasing a picture of a handwritten confession by the elderly man who was arrested last month.
Karzai says Afghan war not fought in his country’s interest: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Expressing “extreme anger” toward the U.S. government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview with the Washington Post that the war in Afghanistan was not fought with his country’s interests in mind.
North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea: Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s defense ministry said, days after launching similar rockets last week.
Ukraine mobilizes after Putin’s ‘declaration of war’
KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine mobilized for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbor in Moscow’s biggest confrontation with the …
North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.
North Korea to expel Australian Christian missionary
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has decided to expel an Australian man who was arrested last month while working as a Christian missionary, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Monday.
Venezuela opposition musters thousands for march despite Carnival holiday
CARACAS (Reuters) – While many Venezuelans went to the beach to enjoy the Carnival holiday, thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in the capital on Sunday, trying to keep up the momentum from weeks of protests demanding President Nicolas M…
