Thai government dodges dissolution but stalemate drags on
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra suffered a blow on Wednesday when a court knocked back a constitutional amendment that could have strengthened her party’s legislative grip, a ruling that could cool tension that was close to …
Uganda to charge opposition figure with inciting violence
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s government risked spurring further opposition protests on Tuesday by signaling it would bring charges against a former presidential candidate at the heart of violent unrest in 2011.
Car bomb kills 10 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
CAIRO/ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed by a car bomb in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, one of the deadliest attacks there since al Qaeda-inspired militants stepped up violence following the overthrow of Islamist Presiden…
In Mozambique’s forest heart, war fears haunt local election
GORONGOSA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Mozambicans voted on Wednesday in local elections, haunted by nagging fears of conflict as the ruling Frelimo party confronts an emerging political rival and an old civil war guerrilla chief who has taken his fight bac…
Italy’s government, citizens were not spied on: PM Letta
ROME (Reuters) – International intelligence agencies have not spied on Italy’s government and embassies and there is no evidence of mass surveillance of citizens, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s ties with Australia turn to ice over phone tapping
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s relations with Australia sank to their lowest since the turn of the century on Wednesday over reports Canberra had spied on top Indonesians, including the president’s wife, threatening to hurt trade ties.
China dismisses as absurd Spanish arrest warrants over Tibet
MADRID (Reuters) – Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and ex prime minister Li Peng could face arrest when travelling abroad over allegations they committed genocide in Tibet, a Spanish court ruled on Tuesday, in a case Beijing has dismissed as absur…
Japan top court says 2012 poll unconstitutional, but not invalid
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top court on Wednesday held unconstitutional some district polls in the 2012 election that brought Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to power because of wide gaps in the weight of rural and urban votes, but stopped short of invalidati…
U.S.-Arab strains hand Russia chance to regain some Mideast clout
DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – Unfamiliar strains between Washington and its Arab allies have given Russia an opportunity to regain some lost influence in the Middle East, capture arms sales from U.S. competitors and enjoy the unusual spectacle of its old riv…
North Korea may have detained elderly U.S. citizen: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea may have detained an elderly U.S. man last month who entered the country on a tourist visa, Japan’s Kyodo News Service said on Wednesday, citing an unnamed diplomatic source.
