India test-fires anti-ballistic missile
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – India successfully test-fired an anti-ballistic missile on Sunday capable of intercepting targets outside the earth’s atmosphere, a major step in development of a missile defense system that is available to only a handful…
Obama: Myanmar won’t succeed if Muslims are oppressed
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the rights of Myanmar’s minority Muslim population were not being fully protected and warned that the Southeast Asian country would not succeed if Muslims there were oppressed.
EU parliament flexes muscles despite skeptics’ rise
PARIS (Reuters) – At each election since Europe’s unique experiment in cross-border democracy began in 1979, the percentage of voters casting ballots for the directly elected European Parliament has fallen. Yet with each new treaty, the assembly has ga…
Obama says U.S. committed to supporting MH370 search
KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States was fully committed to providing more assets to assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.
Congestion capital Brussels looks to unclog traffic arteries
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – For two years running, Brussels has been named the most congested city in North America and western Europe, a mark of shame for the capital that guides Europe’s environment and transport policies.
Malaysia PM says agreed with Obama to upgrade ties
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to upgrade the two countries’ ties to a “comprehensive partnership.”
China releases Japanese wartime documents: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has released previously confidential Japanese wartime documents, including some about comfort women forced to serve in military brothels during World War Two, state media reported.
North Korea says army must develop to be able to beat U.S.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the army to develop to ensure it wins any confrontation with the United States, the reclusive country’s news agency said on Sunday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama warned the North of its …
U.S., Japan unlikely to wrap up trade deal by May TPP talks: Japan official
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the United States have found “common ground” to forge a two-way trade deal, but may not be able to resolve remaining sticking points in time for a mid-May meeting of top negotiators seeking a broad regional deal, a senior Ja…
Activists rally in Cairo against law curbing demonstrations
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of Egyptian activists demonstrated on Saturday against an anti-protest law, one month before a presidential election which former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win.
