North Korea fires two short-range missiles into sea: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.
North Korea to expel Australian Christian missionary
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has decided to expel an Australian man who was arrested last month while working as a Christian missionary, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Monday.
Venezuela opposition musters thousands for march despite Carnival holiday
CARACAS (Reuters) – While many Venezuelans went to the beach to enjoy the Carnival holiday, thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in the capital on Sunday, trying to keep up the momentum from weeks of protests demanding President Nicolas M…
Thousands pack the streets as Ivory Coast’s Ouattara returns home
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Ivorians flooded the streets on Sunday to welcome back President Alassane Ouattara after a month of medical treatment in France that raised fears of a return to domestic political upheaval.
French government seeks pay cuts for CEOs of semi-public firms: paper
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government has asked the chief executives of companies in which it owns a minority stake to accept pay cuts of up to 30 percent in upcoming pay rounds as the country tightens its belt, the daily Le Figaro reported on Sunday.
China’s state planning body grows more assertive as revamp looms
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will present proposals to revamp its behemoth economic planning agency at an annual session of parliament this week, sources said, but the organization’s role as an antitrust regulator could eventually be enhanced.
Magnitude 6.7 quake hits off Okinawa, Japan
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.7 quake struck off Okinawa, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday, but no tsunami was expected.
Tired of protests, Venezuelans take politics to the beach
CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans have escaped to the beach for the long Carnival weekend, heeding President Nicolas Maduro’s call to leave behind nearly a month of anti-government protests.
Gunmen kill French national in Libya’s Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Gunmen killed a Frenchman and wounded an Egyptian in separate attacks in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday, security sources said, as insecurity threatens to overwhelm the North African nation.
Suspected Islamists kill 85 in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 85 people in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses and officials said on Sunday, in a further setback to President Goodluck Jonathan’s military campaign.
