Exclusive: U.N. monitors warn of ‘systematic’ Somali arms diversion
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A confidential U.N. monitors’ report warns of “systematic abuses” by Somalia’s government, which the monitors say has allowed the diversion of weapons that Somali authorities purchased after the U.N. Security Council eased an…
Tepco took months to release record strontium readings at Fukushima
TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant knew about record high measurements of a dangerous isotope in groundwater at the plant for five months before telling the country’s nuclear watchdog, a regulatory official told R…
Four killed in attacks in Thailand’s restive south
PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) – Suspected Muslim rebels in southern Thailand killed four people, including a nine-year-old boy, on Thursday, police said, adding the attack may have been in reprisal for the killing of some Muslim boys.
For South China Sea claimants, a legal venue to battle China
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Philippine President Benigno Aquino compared China to the Germany of 1938 and called for global support as his country battles Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, he put the focus on a case that Manila has filed in an in…
China and Sri Lanka seen concluding free trade pact by end of 2014
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Sri Lanka could sign a free trade agreement by the end of the year, state news agency Xinhua cited Sri Lanka’s foreign minister as saying.
Obama to visit Japan, three other Asian countries in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced he will visit Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines in April, six months after a scrapped tour of the region raised questions about his commitment to an increasingly influe…
Two American soldiers killed in Afghan ‘insider’ attack: officials
KABUL (Reuters) – Men in Afghan army uniforms turned their weapons on American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding four others, officials said.
At least two killed by gunfire at Venezuela protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – At least two people were shot dead on Wednesday during anti-government protests in Caracas, escalating the worst bout of unrest in Venezuela since turmoil after President Nicolas Maduro’s election last year.
Egypt’s Sabahi calls for release of ‘prisoners of conscience’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian politician Hamdeen Sabahi on Wednesday called for the release of what he termed “prisoners of conscience,” days after he announced he would run for president.
Swiss immigration vote shows loss of trust in business elite: minister
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A loss of trust in Switzerland’s business and political elite may be one of the reasons the alpine nation voted in favor of putting strict limits on immigration, Swiss Economy Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said on Wednesday.
