Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – When Japan’s defense minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China’s army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed.
Republicans question U.S. prisoner swap with Taliban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. politicians questioned whether the deal that freed Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban militants amounted to a negotiation with terrorists as the U.S. soldier was flown out of Afghanistan to a military hospital in Ger…
Nigeria bomb kills at least 14 at northeast football TV showing
MAIDUGURI/YOLA Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb blast targeting a television viewing center for football in northeast Nigeria killed at least 14 people and wounded 12 on Sunday, police and the military said.
Opposition parties make inroads in Turkish local election rerun
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Opposition parties in Turkey were expected to win most of the 13 municipal election reruns held on Sunday after irregularities had forced authorities to cancel some of the March 30 results, slightly denting the ruling party’s victo…
UK official denies that Cameron threatened to advance EU vote
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – A British official on Sunday dismissed a report that Prime Minister David Cameron had threatened at an EU summit last week to bring forward a referendum on British membership of the EU if Jean-Claude Juncker became European Co…
Egypt rejects appeal of defeated presidential candidate
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s elections committee said on Sunday it had rejected a defeated presidential candidate’s appeal against voting results that gave former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a landslide victory.
Netanyahu urges world not to recognise Palestinian unity government
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned against any international rush to recognise a Palestinian government due to be announced under a unity pact between the Fatah and Hamas Islamist groups.
Central African Republic premier calls for voluntary disarmament next week
DAKAR (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s prime minister on Sunday called for voluntary national disarmament next week in a bid to halt a worsening cycle of violence that threatens to drive Muslims from the West of the country.
NATO to discuss reinforcing troops in Poland-German defense ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO defense ministers will discuss temporarily reinforcing forces in Poland when they meet in Brussels this week, a spokesman for the German defense ministry said on Sunday, a move that would be aimed at reassuring countries nervous…
Cuba experiments with wholesale market for farmers
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba opened its first wholesale market for farmers in decades on Sunday, an experiment limited to agricultural supplies in one area and the latest market-oriented reform for the communist-run island.
