Trapped ship passengers can’t go overboard with New Year celebration
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them…
Religious extremism blamed for Xinjiang attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police said the nine people responsible for a deadly “terrorist attack” in the western region of Xinjiang were promoting religious extremism, state media reported on Tuesday.
Talks to ease Northern Ireland tensions break down
BELFAST (Reuters) – Marathon talks between the leaders of Northern Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities broke down on Tuesday without agreement to ease tensions that have led to one of the worst years of rioting in the British province for a d…
Second suicide bomber in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympic…
In Cambodia, pressure mounts on a longtime leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian garment factory workers Then Any and Vong Pov aren’t showing up for work anymore. They make pairs of jeans sold in American stores at prices per pair higher than their $80 monthly income and struggle to make ends meet.
Congo’s army repels attacks in Kinshasa, dozens killed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese troops killed dozens of armed youths who attacked the airport, a military barracks and state television headquarters in the capital Kinshasa on Monday in incidents claimed by a disgruntled religious leader.
Uganda says region ready to take on, defeat South Sudan rebel leader
JUBA (Reuters) – Uganda’s president said on Monday the nations of East Africa had agreed to move in to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional c…
Second suicide bomber in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympic…
Egypt likely to change roadmap, hold presidential vote first: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s government is likely to call a presidential election before parliamentary polls, officials said on Monday, rearranging the political timetable in a way that could see army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi elected head of sta…
Shots fired at German ambassador’s residence in Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants opened fire on the German ambassador’s residence in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on Monday in an attack seen as an attempt to sour relations between debt-laden Greece and its biggest creditor nation…
