Russia’s Lavrov to meet U.N.’s Ban, Brahimi in Geneva: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva on Monday at a human rights council session, Russian agencies reported.
North Korea frees Australian Christian missionary
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea freed a Australian missionary who had been jailed for promoting Christianity on Monday, releasing a picture of a handwritten confession by the elderly man who was arrested last month.
Karzai says Afghan war not fought in his country’s interest: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Expressing “extreme anger” toward the U.S. government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview with the Washington Post that the war in Afghanistan was not fought with his country’s interests in mind.
North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea: Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s defense ministry said, days after launching similar rockets last week.
Ukraine mobilizes after Putin’s ‘declaration of war’
KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine mobilized for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbor in Moscow’s biggest confrontation with the …
North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.
North Korea to expel Australian Christian missionary
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has decided to expel an Australian man who was arrested last month while working as a Christian missionary, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Monday.
Venezuela opposition musters thousands for march despite Carnival holiday
CARACAS (Reuters) – While many Venezuelans went to the beach to enjoy the Carnival holiday, thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in the capital on Sunday, trying to keep up the momentum from weeks of protests demanding President Nicolas M…
Thousands pack the streets as Ivory Coast’s Ouattara returns home
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Ivorians flooded the streets on Sunday to welcome back President Alassane Ouattara after a month of medical treatment in France that raised fears of a return to domestic political upheaval.
French government seeks pay cuts for CEOs of semi-public firms: paper
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government has asked the chief executives of companies in which it owns a minority stake to accept pay cuts of up to 30 percent in upcoming pay rounds as the country tightens its belt, the daily Le Figaro reported on Sunday.
