Congo, M23 rebels make peace but other armed groups still roam
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Congo and defeated M23 rebels are to sign a peace deal on Monday to end a 20-month revolt in the east of the vast African nation, where other militias still roam and millions are destitute despite great mineral wealth.
Fire at Venezuela refinery, government says under control
CARACAS (Reuters) – A fire broke out at Venezuela’s 146,000 barrel-per-day El Palito refinery on Sunday, but it was being brought under control and has not harmed operations, the oil minister said.
Ex-prime minister wins vote to remain Jamaican opposition leader
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaica’s opposition leader fended off a challenge from his party’s chief economic spokesman to retain his job on Sunday in an internal party election.
China’s cautious land-reform tests cast doubt on big urban vision
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) – Tan Yingyu is one of China’s 200 million migrant workers and like many he is stuck: he does not want to return to his village but also cannot become a legal resident in the city of Chengdu, where he has worked for nearly 20 y…
Biting the hand that feeds: India’s small towns favor opposition
KASBA BONLI, India (Reuters) – Kasba Bonli is a newly prosperous market town in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan and it should be a perfect advertisement for the ruling Congress party’s pro-farmer policies. Instead the buzz in the bazaar is for t…
Venezuela arrests looters, store bosses in ‘economic war’
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government announced arrests of both store managers and looters on Sunday as part of what it calls an “economic war” in Venezuela between the socialist state and unscrupulous businessmen.
Munich 2022 Games bid ruled out by referendum loss
BERLIN (Reuters) – Munich will not bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after failing to win the support of the local population in a referendum on whether to bid for the Games.
Netanyahu asks U.S. supporters to oppose Iran deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his case against a nuclear accord with Iran directly to the U.S. public on Sunday, denouncing “a very bad deal” that he feared the Obama administration was pursuing.
Libyan autonomy group forms oil firm, challenges government
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An autonomy movement in eastern Libya said on Sunday it had formed a regional oil firm to start selling crude after seizing several ports, mounting a challenge to the government in Tripoli as it struggles to gain control of oil faci…
Syrian opposition wants rebel backing for Geneva talks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition is edging towards agreeing to international peace talks in Geneva but wants approval from fighters inside the country first to give the process more legitimacy, its spokesman said at talks in Istanbul.
