Syria donor meeting aims to raise over $1.5 billion, U.N. aid chief says
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – United Nations aid chief Valerie Amos said on Sunday the world body hoped a humanitarian donor conference for Syria hosted in Kuwait this week would raise more than last year’s $1.5 billion.
Ukraine’s anti-government protesters stage first mass rally of 2014
KIEV (Reuters) – At least 50,000 opponents of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich rallied in a central Kiev square on Sunday, reviving the protest movement after a Christmas and New Year lull.
Campaigners ask ICC to investigate alleged UK war crimes in Iraq
LONDON (Reuters) – Human rights lawyers and campaigners have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations of torture by British troops in Iraq, a move which the UK government dismissed as unnecessary on Sunday.
Gunmen assassinate Libyan deputy industry minister
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen killed Libya’s deputy industry minister as he drove home from shopping in the coastal city of Sirte late on Saturday in an attack security officials blamed on hardline Islamist militants.
Demoralized Cairo slum longs for army chief as president
CAIRO (Reuters) – When an uprising ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egyptians in the impoverished Cairo neighborhood of Imbaba rejoiced.
In war or withdrawal, Sharon marched to his own drum
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A maverick in war and politics, Israel’s Ariel Sharon reshaped the Middle East in a career marked by adventurism and disgrace, dramatic reversals and stunning rebounds.
Insight: War turns Syria into major amphetamines producer, consumer
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country’s brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order creates opportunity for producers.
Japan condemns China fishing curbs; vows to defend islands
NARASHINO, Japan (Reuters) – Japan on Sunday joined the United States in criticising China’s new fishing restrictions in the South China Sea, saying the curbs, coupled with the launch last year of an air defence zone, has left the international communi…
New Bangladesh government to be sworn in after disputed polls
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s new government is set to be sworn in on Sunday, a week after the ruling party won a violence-plagued election that the opposition boycotted and amid growing international calls for a fresh and inclusive polls.
Permit to hunt endangered rhino sells for $350,000 despite protests
(Reuters) – A permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia sold for $350,000 at an auction in Dallas on Saturday with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals despite protests from animal rights groups that saw the sale as immoral conservation.
