North Korea releases video of missionary from South accused of spying
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean missionary held in North Korea said he had committed crimes against the state in a bid to establish an underground church, according to video footage provided by the North’s state news agency on Thursday.
New Ukraine ministers proposed, Russian troops on alert
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s protest leaders named the ministers they want to form a new government following the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich, as an angry Russia put 150,000 troops on high alert in a show of strength.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in the West Bank
BIRZEIT, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces opened fire and killed a Palestinian they were seeking to arrest in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, after the man had barricaded himself inside his house, Reuters witnesses said.
Rising immigration embarrasses Britain’s Cameron before vote
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to cut annual net migration to below 100,000 was undermined on Thursday after figures showed the net flow of migrants coming into Britain rose by 37 percent to 212,000 people in the year …
Nine dead in Qatar restaurant gas explosion: news agency
DOHA (Reuters) – Nine people were killed when gas canisters exploded in a Turkish restaurant in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday, the official news agency of the Gulf Arab state reported.
Thai PM faces negligence charges as protest leader broaches talks
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s anti-corruption agency weighed charges of negligence against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday as the leader of protests aimed at forcing her from power suggested a televised debate after weeks of refusing to…
Exclusive: U.N. nuclear agency opted against sensitive Iran report – sources
VIENNA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog planned a major report on Iran that might have revealed more of its suspected atomic bomb research, but held off as Tehran’s relations with the outside world thawed, sources familiar with the …
Ouattara to return to Ivory Coast on Sunday: aide
PARIS (Reuters) – President Alassane Ouattara is due to return to Ivory Coast on Sunday after an operation in a French hospital this month, an aide said on Thursday.
Fearing their homeland, Afghan asylum seekers find refuge in Brussels church
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Afghan refugees have set up camp in a Brussels church, protesting against their imminent deportation to their home country, which they say is not safe.
Japan Red Cross says plans talks for return of remains from North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Officials from the Japanese and North Korean affiliates of the Red Cross will hold talks next week on the return of the remains of Japanese nationals from North Korea, a Japanese Red Cross official said on Thursday.
