China’s Xi vows to address poverty, ethnic unity in troubled Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to alleviate poverty and improve ethnic unity in restive Xinjiang, the most direct indication yet that China’s leaders want to address the causes of violence in the remote western region.
Al Qaeda renegade group kills 15 Kurds in northern Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An al Qaeda renegade group killed 15 Kurdish people, seven of them children, in an attack on a village in northern Syria, a monitoring group and a photographer at the scene said on Friday.
Cambodian court frees 25 charged with garment strike offences
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A Cambodian court found 25 people guilty on Friday of acts of violence during strikes by garment workers but all were given suspended sentences and freed, a ruling likely to be welcomed by global manufacturers operating in the co…
Reasons for the world to care about Scottish independence vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Small northern nation to vote on independence in peaceful referendum. Should the world care at a time when Ukraine has pitted East versus West in an echo of the Cold War?
Children raped, forced to eat faeces in Indian school – police
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The owner and manager of a children’s boarding school in western India have been arrested after five minors said they were raped, forced to watch pornographic films and act them out with one another, police and …
Colombia presidential candidate drops threat to end FARC talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who faces incumbent Juan Manuel Santos in a run-off vote, on Thursday dropped his threat to end peace talks with Marxist rebels if elected, softening his stance on the election’s m…
New threats will not distract U.S. from Asia, Hagel says
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – The United States will not be deterred from plans to strengthen its military position in Asia by emerging threats elsewhere, the U.S. defense secretary said on Thursday as he prepared to meet allies in the re…
Stumbling Thai economy lends urgency to junta’s revival efforts
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is expected to publish data on Friday showing stagnant consumption and investment, more evidence of a stumbling economy that will lend urgency to the military junta’s efforts to get the country working again.
Legacy at risk, Obama struggles to redefine foreign policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s second term was supposed to be a crowning opportunity to make his mark on the world stage, but instead he’s leading an intense effort to redefine his foreign policy record – and the odds look stacked against him.
Formal countdown begins for Scottish vote that could break up United Kingdom
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The formal campaign for a Scottish independence vote that could result in the break-up of the United Kingdom began on Friday, though polls currently show Scots are unlikely to vote for the demise of the 307-year-old union with Eng…
