In contested election, Indonesia’s democracy on the line
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s young democracy faces its biggest challenge since emerging from decades of autocratic rule 16 years ago after both candidates claimed victory in last week’s presidential election.
Libyan protesters shut down Brega oil port: state firm NOC
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Protesters have shut down the eastern Libyan oil port Brega, state firm National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Saturday, days after the government celebrated the reopening of major ports following almost a year of blockage.
Peru’s Humala eyes more reforms to spur faster growth
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala said on Saturday he plans policy changes to boost domestic demand and offset tumbling mining exports that have dragged growth to its weakest pace in five years.
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into eastern waters: Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday fired two ballistic missiles into its eastern waters, prompting Japan to lodge a protest with Pyongyang, the Japanese government said.
In Malaysia, Islam’s legal advance divides families and nation
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Deepa Subramaniam would not let go of her son, clinging to five-year-old Mithran’s leg even as the car into which he had been bundled began to accelerate.
Gaza death toll rises; Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza’s police chief killed 18 people on Saturday, Gaza’s health ministry said, and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state’s offensive …
Disputed Afghan election to be recounted in full
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. State Secretary John Kerry convinced Afghanistan’s feuding presidential candidates on Saturday to agree to a total recount of last month’s presidential election, which has threatened to split the country along ethnic lines.
Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite, U.N. says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi’ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad on Saturday as a U.N. envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a gove…
Political novice bids to lead Slovenia recovery
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenians look likely to hand power on Sunday to a center-left political novice hostile to the big-ticket privatizations that the country’s European partners see as central to fixing its finances long term.
Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a broad front on Saturday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after President Petro Poroshenko said “scores and hundreds” would be made to pay for a deadly missile attack on Ukrainian fo…
