Japan to intercept any North Korea missile deemed a threat
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will strike any North Korean ballistic missile that threatens to hit Japan in the coming weeks after Pyongyang recently fired medium-range missiles, a government source said on Saturday.
Lebanese Alawite leader, 11 others charged with “terrorist” activity
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has charged a dozen people including a prominent Alawite leader with belonging to an “armed terrorist organization”, judicial sources said on Saturday, part of a drive to control sectarian violence fuelled by the war in Syria…
Poland’s PM says NATO to boost military presence within weeks
WARSAW (Reuters) – NATO will strengthen its presence in Poland within weeks, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday, a move that could help allay fears in eastern European states for their security after Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region…
Italian priests, Canadian nun kidnapped in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun were kidnapped in northern Cameroon overnight, a bishop and a government source said on Saturday, months after a French priest was seized nearby.
India opposition could clinch election win: opinion polls
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition party of prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi and its allies are set to emerge as the biggest group in an election beginning on Monday, heralding the end of a 10-year reign of the ruling party, two opini…
Bomb wounds senior military adviser’s aide in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – An aide to a senior Yemeni government military adviser and three security guards were wounded when a bomb exploded near his car on Saturday morning, security sources said.
Thai PM supporters converge to counter protests
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra demonstrated on the outskirts of Bangkok on Saturday, part of a three-day rally aimed at countering months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.
For India’s Congress party, soul-searching and questions about Gandhi
AURANGABAD, India (Reuters) – On the eve of India’s mammoth general election, even some members of the ruling Congress party appear to have accepted it will not return to power, raising a question mark on the future of its leader, Rahul Gandhi.
Britain re-arrests fugitive former mafioso on Italian warrant
LONDON (Reuters) – London police said on Saturday they had re-arrested a fugitive Sicilian mafioso who last month won a legal fight against extradition to Italy from Britain where he has been living under an alias for two decades.
Hagel, in Tokyo, moves to reassure Japan on security ties
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel moved on Saturday to reassure Japan of America’s commitment to its security, as Russia’s annexation of Crimea raises eyebrows in a region facing its own territorial disputes with an increasingly asse…
