Egypt arrests alleged ‘terrorist’ who fought in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has arrested a veteran of the Syrian civil war on suspicion of planning terrorist acts inside Egypt, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
China seizes more than 10,000 illegal guns in crackdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has seized more than 10,000 illegal guns in the southwestern province of Guizhou, state television reported on Sunday, marking its largest haul of illegal firearms as it steps up efforts to crack down on violent crime.
Act fast to curb global warming, or extract CO2 from air: U.N.
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent BERLIN (Reuters) – Faster action is needed to keep global warming to agreed limits and delays until 2030 could force reliance on technologies to extract greenhouse gases from the air, a U.N. report said on Su…
Guinea-Bissau votes in poll aimed at turning page on coup
BISSAU (Reuters) – Voters in Guinea-Bissau began casting their ballots on Sunday to elect a new president and lawmakers in an election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military coup that plunged the West African nation into chaos.
South Korea, Japan to hold rare official talks on ‘comfort women’
SEOUL (Reuters) – Senior South Korean and Japanese officials will meet this week to discuss Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.
Senior official from China’s Sichuan under graft probe: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A senior government official in China’s Sichuan province is under investigation for “severe discipline violations”, which is often a euphemism for corruption, state media said.
Fire engulfs parts of Chile’s Valparaiso, two dead
VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – An enormous fire ripped through parts of the Chilean port city Valparaiso on Saturday and into Sunday, killing two people, destroying at least 500 houses and causing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Macedonians vote for new president as general election nears
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonians were voting for a new president on Sunday in a ballot largely overshadowed by an upcoming parliamentary election in the small Balkan country, due in two weeks’ time.
Indonesian parties in pact, clear way for top presidential candidate
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A small Indonesian political party has struck a deal with the main opposition party, clearing the way for its popular presidential candidate to run for the top job in July, a senior official of the smaller party said on Sunday.
Japan confirms first bird flu case since 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) – Two chickens have tested positive for avian influenza at a farm in Japan where more than 1,000 chickens have died, marking the country’s first case of bird flu in three years, the Agricultural Ministry said on Sunday.
