Russian police detain dozens for umbrella protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained on Saturday dozens of umbrella-wielding demonstrators protesting after three television providers dropped a station that made its name covering massive street demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin
Delhi residents protest after alleged rape of Manipur 14-year-old
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An angry crowd gathered outside a Delhi police station on Saturday to protest poor policing and racist treatment of people from India’s northeast after a 14-year-old girl from that part of India filed charges of rape in the capita…
Falling rock derails train in French Alps, two dead
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – A huge falling rock derailed a train in the French Alps on Saturday, killing two people and partly pushing one of its carriages over the edge of a mountain slope, local officials said.
Morocco bans judges’ protest, riot police close streets in capital
RABAT (Reuters) – Moroccan authorities banned a sit-in on Saturday by hundreds of judges who want greater independence for the judiciary, deploying dozens of riot police to central Rabat and closing off streets around the Justice Ministry.
New militant group claims Cairo bombings
CAIRO (Reuters) – A new militant group has claimed responsibility for two bombings in Cairo that targeted the Egyptian police on Friday and has vowed to carry out more attacks, underscoring the risk of a widening campaign of violence against the securi…
U.S. diplomat plays down leaked call; Germany’s Merkel angry
KIEV (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat tried to play down the damage to Washington’s diplomacy in Ukraine from a leaked telephone call on Friday, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel called an obscene remark about the EU “absolutely unacceptable.”
Cyprus peace talks to resume, leaders meet February 11: U.N.
NICOSIA (Reuters) – The leaders of Cyprus’s estranged Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities will resume peace talks on February 11, the United Nations said on Saturday, breaking an 18-month stalemate.
Khamenei: U.S. would overthrow Iranian government if it could – media
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Saturday the United States would overthrow the Iranian government if it could, adding Washington had a “controlling and meddlesome” attitude towards the Islamic Republic, Iranian media reported.
Afghan civilian deaths up in 2013 as war intensifies: U.N.
KABUL (Reuters) – War took an increasing toll on Afghanistan’s civilians in 2013 as fighting intensified between the government and insurgents, the United Nations said in a report on Saturday, with total casualties rising 14 percent.
U.S. stresses commitment to defend Japan in Washington talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of increasingly assertive territorial claims by China.
