China on path to further reform one-child policy-spokesman
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will further ease its family planning laws after announcing last week that it would allow millions of families to have two children, a senior official from the government’s family planning commission said on Tuesday.
Russian court bails three of 30 Greenpeace protesters
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Three Russians who were among 30 people arrested for a Greenpeace protest against offshore Arctic drilling were granted bail on Monday in a case that has drawn fierce criticism from abroad.
Egypt’s interim leader says won’t run for presidency: paper
DUBAI (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim head of state Adly Mansour will not run for president in elections slated for next year, a Kuwaiti newspaper on Tuesday quoted him as saying.
Nepalis give politicians another chance, vote to end gridlock
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepalis voted on Tuesday for an assembly that will draft a constitution aimed at ending years of instability but the election may not produce a conclusive result and could leave the country facing more turmoil.
Unravelling plot reveals tension at heart of Czech government
PRAGUE (Reuters) – It had all the elements of a spy thriller: a convoy of cars with tinted windows, a Baroque castle outside the Czech capital, a clandestine meeting of senior politicians.
Haitian protesters demand president resign, clash with police
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians took to the streets on Monday calling for President Michel Martelly to resign, and some protesters scuffled with police as international concern mounts over rising violence in the impoverished Caribbean …
Argentina’s Fernandez returns from surgery, names new economy minister
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez burst back on the scene on Monday after a five-week absence following surgery, naming as economy minister the government’s point man in its 2012 seizure of the country’s biggest oil compan…
Kerry presses Iran to prove its nuclear program peaceful
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pressed Iran to finalize an agreement that can prove to the world its nuclear program is peaceful, but said he has “no specific expectations” for talks in Geneva this week between majo…
Protesters rally in Cairo’s Tahrir Square against security forces
CAIRO (Reuters) – About 1,000 people marched in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Monday night to condemn the actions of Egyptian security forces and some voiced rare criticism of the army chief, raising tension on the eve of planned mass protests.
U.S. to keep Patriot missiles in Turkey for up to another year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the Turkish foreign minister on Monday the United States would keep its two Patriot missile batteries in Turkey for up to another year, the Pentagon said.
