Japanese parents of North Korea abductee meet granddaughter
TOKYO (Reuters) – The parents of a Japanese girl who was abducted by North Korea more than three decades ago met their child’s daughter for the first time last week, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
In Colombia war zone, peace talks raise new fears
TORIBIO, Colombia (Reuters) – For farmers like Angel Escue, Colombia’s bid to end half a century of war with Marxist rebels may come at too high a price.
Herdsmen kill 100 in attacks on Nigerian villages
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack on three villages in central Nigeria, an area where longstanding disputes over land, religion and ethnicity often erupt into violence, two local government officials said on Su…
Special Report: Egyptian militants outwit army in Sinai battlefield
AL-LAFITAAT, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt’s army says it is crushing Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula, but in the region’s villages and towns a victory for the state feels a long way off.
China police to increase armed patrols in crime crackdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police will increase armed patrols, especially in densely populated areas like urban centers and transport hubs, in a drive to crack down on violent crime, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by Chinese dissident’s death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of the death of prominent Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli, detained in September for staging sit-ins at the country’s foreign ministry, the State Department said on Satu…
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes northwestern Peru
LIMA (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck northwestern Peru near its border with Ecuador on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Slovak PM Fico, political novice advance to run-off presidential vote
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and political newcomer Andrej Kiska won the most votes in the first round of a presidential election on Saturday, setting up a run-off that will either cement the ruling party’s power or usher in an …
Indonesia starts election campaign, voters set to choose radical change
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s raucous election season kicks off on Sunday with the promise of a fresh style of leadership in the world’s third largest democracy, whose economic promise has been sapped by rampant graft, confusing policy and weak rule….
Syrian forces enter last rebel bastion near Lebanese border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army entered eastern districts of the town of Yabroud, the last rebel bastion near the Lebanese border north of Damascus, on Saturday and tightened its grip on the remaining rebels there from the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Fron…
