Japan ruling party candidate elected Tokyo governor, aiding PM Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s favored candidate won Sunday’s election for governor of Tokyo, quashing efforts to make the vote a referendum on Abe’s pro-nuclear energy policy nearly three years after the Fukushima disaster
U.S. and South Korea to hold military drills despite protest from Pyongyang
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea will hold their annual joint military drills from February 24 to April 18, the combined forces command that oversees the allies said on Monday, and Pyongyang had been notified of the plan.
Case against Congolese militia leader is test for global court
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda appears at the International Criminal Court on Monday charged with war crimes and other atrocities in a hearing that will be a test for the global legal institution after a string of trouble…
Mali says MUJWA Islamist group responsible for killing 31 Tuaregs
DAKAR (Reuters) – The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA) was responsible for killing 31 Tuaregs in an attack on Friday near the town of Tamkoutat in northern Mali, the minister for interior security said on Sunday.
Kerry to visit China, South Korea, Indonesia and Abu Dhabi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will begin a trip this week to China, South Korea, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, the State Department said on Sunday, at a time of high tensions in Asia over China’s increasingly asser…
Mexico captures suspected drug lord wanted in United States
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s federal police on Sunday said they arrested suspected drug boss Tirso Martinez Sanchez, who has been wanted in the United States and Mexico for allegedly running an operation that smuggled tons of cocaine across the bor…
Arrest of Indonesia’s first woman governor a blow for coalition
SERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s first female governor, smiling broadly, looks down from billboards that line the pot-holed roads of Banten, the country’s fifth-most populous province that she has ruled for almost a decade.
Six hundred Syrians flee besieged Old Homs in aid convoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Six hundred people left the besieged ruins of rebel-held central Homs on Sunday, escaping more than a year of hunger and deprivation caused by one of the most protracted blockades of Syria’s devastating conflict.
Swiss vote to set limits on immigration from EU
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed proposals to reintroduce immigration quotas with the European Union, Swiss television reported – a result that calls into question bilateral accords with the EU and could irk multinational compa…
Ukraine protesters, Russia increase pressure on Yanukovich
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian protesters, now in their third month of action, kept up pressure on President Viktor Yanukovich on Sunday with a mass rally where opposition leaders called for an end to his “dictatorial” powers.
