Analysis: Japan’s Abe bets U.S. alliance, ratings can weather shrine visit
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to a shrine for war dead outraged China and South Korea, and also upset Washington and his government coalition partner – but he appears confident the alliances and his popularity will not be…
Iranian dissidents say rockets hit their Baghdad camp, kill three
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A camp of Iranian dissidents in the Iraqi capital was hit by rockets on Thursday in an attack the group said killed three residents and seriously wounded several others.
Dozens of bodies recovered after violence in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Red Cross workers have recovered 44 bodies from the streets of Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, they said on Thursday after inter-religious fighting in the last two days.
Egypt arrests dozens under anti-terror law, one killed in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt stepped up pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood a day after declaring it a terrorist group, using the new classification to detain dozens of its supporters on Thursday, while one person died in street clashes ignited by political …
Dozens of bodies recovered after violence in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Red Cross workers have recovered 44 bodies from the streets of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, they said on Thursday after inter-religious fighting in the last two days.
Attack on reporter restores passion to Ukraine demonstrations
KIEV (Reuters) – Protesters demanded Ukraine’s interior minister resign on Thursday after an opposition journalist known for documenting the extravagance of the country’s political elite was chased down in her car and savagely beaten in a midnight atta…
One killed in Cairo clash: Interior Ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed on Thursday when student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with residents of a Cairo district where they were protesting, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Egypt arrests dozens under anti-terror law, bomb hits Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt increased pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, detaining dozens of its supporters on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization the day after it was declared one by the government, security officials said.
Turks and Caicos police end search for survivors of capsized boat
MIAMI (Reuters) – Officials in the Turks and Caicos islands shifted their focus on Thursday from rescue efforts to determining what caused a boat packed with Haitian migrants to capsize, killing 17 people as the boat was being towed to port in the Brit…
Gaza rocket fire draws Israeli air strikes
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets into southern Israel on Thursday, and Israel’s military responded with a pair of air strikes, officials said.
