More Greenpeace activists leave Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Six more of the 30 Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest over Arctic oil drilling left Russia on Friday after being granted an amnesty, the environmental group said.
China media condemns Japan PM for paying homage to ‘devils’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese newspapers denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday, describing his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine for Japan’s war dead as paying homage to “devils” and warning that China could crush “provocative militarism”.
Japan gets Okinawa approval for U.S. Marine base move
TOKYO (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Okinawa on Friday approved a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. air base to a less populous part of the southern island, but said he would keep pressing to move the base off the island altogether.
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.
