Russian prime minister angers Ukraine by visiting Crimea
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev flaunted Russia’s grip on Crimea by flying to the region and holding a government meeting there on Monday, angering Ukraine and defying Western demands to hand the peninsula back to Kiev.
Japan relaxes arms export regime to fortify defense
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan eased its weapons export restrictions on Tuesday in the first major overhaul of arms transfer policy in nearly half a century, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to fortify ties with allies and bolster the domestic defense indus…
Australia PM vows to continue hunt for missing Malaysia plane
PERTH (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had no time limit, despite the failure of an international operation to find any sign of the plane in three weeks of fruitless searching….
NATO plans more support for east Europeans worried by Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO will decide new steps on Tuesday to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and on how to bolster Ukraine’s armed forces.
NATO plans more support for east Europeans worried by Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO will decide new steps on Tuesday to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and on how to bolster Ukraine’s armed forces.
Kerry returns to Middle East to push flailing peace talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rushed back to the Middle East on Monday to try to salvage stalled peace talks, possibly by releasing an Israeli spy jailed in the United States to push Israel to free Palestinian prisoners.
U.S. ambassador to India resigns after diplomatic row
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to India has resigned following a row over the arrest of a junior Indian diplomat in New York that pushed relations between the world’s biggest democracies to their lowest ebb in more than a decade.
North, South Korea trade artillery rounds into the sea: Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired more than 100 artillery rounds into South Korean waters as part of a drill on Monday, prompting the South to fire back, officials in Seoul said, but the exercise appeared to be more saber-rattling from Pyongyang rath…
U.N. chief warns against aiding Central African Republic militias
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday against any support or facilitation of violence by armed groups in Central African Republic after Chadian troops were accused of opening fire on civilians and killing at lea…
East Libyan rebels close to deal to reopen ports – state media
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Libya are close to reopening three oil ports they have occupied since the summer to press Tripoli for autonomy and a greater share of oil revenue, a leader from the rebels’ tribe told state media on Monday.
