Mortar hits Vatican embassy in Damascus, no casualties
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican Embassy in Damascus was hit by mortar fire on Tuesday but there were no casualties, a Vatican spokesman said.
Austrian neo-Nazi group members get up to six years’ prison
VIENNA (Reuters) – Seven Austrian neo-Nazis were sentenced to up to six years in prison in a case the judge said should serve as an example to others in the country, which has a Nazi past.
France will keep to Mali troop reduction calendar
PARIS (Reuters) – France will not delay its troop withdrawal from Mali despite a resurgence in violence that saw two French journalists killed at the weekend, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
China army says roots out ‘illicit’ apartments in graft fight
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s People’s Liberation Army has discovered in a corruption probe that its troops “illicitly kept” more than 8,000 apartments and 25,000 vehicles, state media said on Tuesday.
Kerry: spying row shouldn’t cloud U.S.-EU trade talks
WARSAW (Reuters) – European concerns about alleged electronic eavesdropping by U.S. intelligence should not be allowed to cloud trade talks next week between the United States and the European Union, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
Russia says Iran must be invited to Syria conference
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday Iran must be invited to a proposed peace conference on Syria, reiterating its stance after the main Syrian opposition leader said his coalition would not attend if Iran took part.
Hong Kong threatens sanctions on Philippines over 2010 hostage tragedy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong threatened unspecified economic sanctions on the Philippines on Tuesday unless substantial progress is made within a month in talks demanding Manila’s apology and compensation for a hostage tragedy three years ago.
Congo says drives M23 rebels from last strongholds
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Congolese government said its forces had driven M23 rebels from two strongholds in eastern Congo early on Tuesday, referring to bases army commanders had previously described as the group’s last redoubts.
Opposition cries foul as South Korea moves to ban pro-North party
SEOUL (Reuters) – A far left-wing South Korean political party could be banned from contesting elections for its pro-North Korean stance in a move critics say smacks of President Park Geun-hye’s father’s suppression of democracy during his long stay in…
China paper blames blind faith of “uncultured” youth for Xinjiang unrest
BEIJING (Reuters) – Uncultured youth who have been misled by religious extremists are a main source of unrest in China’s heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, its top newspaper said on Tuesday, after the government blamed Islamists for an attack in centra…
