Asylum seekers injured, arrested after PNG incident: Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A number of people seeking asylum in Australia have been injured and some arrested after an overnight “disturbance” at a processing center in nearby Papua New Guinea, Australia’s immigration minister said on Monday.
Jakarta sees chilly ties with Australia until October: Indonesian government document
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia expects ties with Australia to remain on ice for at least six months given the time it will take to negotiate a code of conduct to govern intelligence gathering in the wake of reports Canberra spied on top Indonesians.
Two Koreans and Egyptian driver die in Sinai tourist bus blast
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb on a tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai killed at least two South Koreans and the Egyptian driver on Sunday, army and security sources said, in the first attack on tourists since an army takeover in July spurred an Islamist insurgenc…
Ukraine protesters and police pull back in contest over president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian opposition protesters ended a two-month occupation of city hall in Kiev on Sunday and opened a road to limited traffic, meeting an amnesty offer aimed at easing a stand-off over President Viktor Yanukovich’s rule.
Suspected Islamists kill 90 in Nigeria village raid: witnesses
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist fighters killed at least 90 people in an early morning attack on a village in remote northeast Nigeria on Sunday, witnesses said.
Hezbollah says will quit Syria if Arabs stop meddling
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on Sunday for Arab political forces to “stop the war on Syria,” promising that if they left the country alone, his Lebanese Shi’ite group would also withdraw.
Obama warns Uganda over anti-gay law
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday that enacting an anti-gay law would complicate U.S. relations with Uganda and would be a “step backward for all Ugandans.”
Exclusive: Top Ecobank executives call for CEO to stand down: email
ACCRA (Reuters) – Top executives at pan-African lender Ecobank have asked CEO Thierry Tanoh to step down to resolve a crisis of leadership, according to an email sent by the bank’s deputy chief executive to its interim chairman.
Burundi police try to stop party meeting as crisis deepens: witnesses
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Riot police tried to stop a meeting of Burundi’s junior coalition party on Sunday, officials and witnesses said, firing teargas, clashing with members and exacerbating a political crisis in the tiny East African country.
Russia’s Putin basks in the glory of the Games
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin says sport and politics do not mix but his actions at the Winter Olympics suggest the opposite.
