Kerry returns to Middle East to push flailing peace talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rushed back to the Middle East on Monday to try to salvage stalled peace talks, possibly by releasing an Israeli spy jailed in the United States to push Israel to free Palestinian prisoners.
U.S. ambassador to India resigns after diplomatic row
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to India has resigned following a row over the arrest of a junior Indian diplomat in New York that pushed relations between the world’s biggest democracies to their lowest ebb in more than a decade.
North, South Korea trade artillery rounds into the sea: Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired more than 100 artillery rounds into South Korean waters as part of a drill on Monday, prompting the South to fire back, officials in Seoul said, but the exercise appeared to be more saber-rattling from Pyongyang rath…
U.N. chief warns against aiding Central African Republic militias
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday against any support or facilitation of violence by armed groups in Central African Republic after Chadian troops were accused of opening fire on civilians and killing at lea…
East Libyan rebels close to deal to reopen ports – state media
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Libya are close to reopening three oil ports they have occupied since the summer to press Tripoli for autonomy and a greater share of oil revenue, a leader from the rebels’ tribe told state media on Monday.
Britain’s opposition Labour party warns against ‘foolish’ EU exit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain would be reckless and foolish to walk away from its membership of the European Union, the opposition Labour party’s finance spokesman will say on Tuesday, warning of the damage an EU exit would have on jobs and investment.
Russian prime minister angers Ukraine by visiting Crimea
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev flaunted Russia’s grip on Crimea by flying to the region and holding a government meeting there on Monday, angering Ukraine and defying Western demands to hand the peninsula back to Kiev.
Former U.S. hostages angry about new Iran U.N. envoy appointee
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former U.S. embassy workers held hostage in Iran in 1979-1981 are outraged that Tehran has selected a new U.N. envoy who may have played a role in the 444-day crisis and want him barred from U.S. territory, lawyers for the ex…
China summons Manila envoy over South China Sea legal case
BEIJING (Reuters) – China summoned the Philippines ambassador on Monday to lodge a strong complaint over Manila’s seeking of international arbitration in a festering territorial dispute over the South China Sea.
Cameroon education minister arrested for suspected embezzlement
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s secondary education minister Louis Bapes Bapes was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds, a court official and state radio in the central African nation said on Monday.
