Analysis: Even if foreign troops leave Afghanistan, U.S. has some options
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials have warned of the potential for catastrophe if Afghan President Hamid Karzai fails to sign a security pact to permit foreign forces to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014.
China wants more party bosses reprimanded for ignoring graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party would like to see more party bosses held accountable for allowing corruption to happen on their watch, something that rarely happens now, a senior official told a newspaper on Monday.
U.S. will seek triggers to reimpose sanctions on Iran: Rice
HONOLULU (Reuters) – The United States and its allies will have ways to reimpose sanctions on Iran if the Islamic Republic is caught making bombs after striking a deal to freeze its nuclear program, national security adviser Susan Rice said on Sunday.
Bomb explodes on Israeli bus, no one hurt – police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bomb that Israeli authorities suspect was planted by Palestinian militants exploded in a bus near Tel Aviv on Sunday after passengers were evacuated, and police said no one was hurt.
Egypt jails key figures of 2011 uprising
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three leading figures of Egypt’s 2011 uprising were jailed for three years each on Sunday for their role in recent protests, as the army-backed authorities intensified a crackdown on dissent.
Fears grow of civil war in South Sudan as rebels seize town
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s government said on Sunday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing region and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil war in the world’s newest country.
Protesters gather across Thai capital, demand PM resigns
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators massed peacefully across Thailand’s capital on Sunday in their latest bid to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra before a February election the main opposition party will boyc…
UK minister calls for review of ‘Help to Buy’ scheme
(Reuters) – The UK’s business minister has called for a rethink of the government’s “Help to Buy” scheme because of concerns over a housing boom in London and South East England.
Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill 42 in Aleppo: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 42 people, including children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped improvised “barrel bombs” in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.
Bomb explodes on Israeli bus, no one hurt: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bomb that Israeli authorities suspect was planted by Palestinian militants exploded in a bus near Tel Aviv on Sunday after passengers were evacuated, and police said no one was hurt.
