Myanmar president will not seek second term: party
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein, who has steered a wave of reforms since the end of military rule, will not be seeking a second term at the next election in 2015, the leader of his party said on Thursday.
Israeli policymakers condemn campaign against securities regulator
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid and other policymakers condemned on Thursday what they called a “smear campaign” against the country’s securities regulator, Shmuel Hauser.
Italian PM says spying by allies unacceptable
ROME (Reuters) – Alleged monitoring of Italian telecommunications by U.S. and British intelligence is “inconceivable and unacceptable”, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Thursday.
Algerian troops find huge arms cache on Libyan border
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian troops have discovered a huge cache of weapons near the border with Libya, including surface-to-air missiles, rockets and landmines, an Algerian security source said on Thursday.
Turkey raps international failure to tackle Syria aid crisis
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday deplored what he called an international failure to tackle the humanitarian crisis in war-ridden Syria, saying food and medicine are running out and snipers are shooting pregnant women.
Saudi authorities warn of punishment for women drivers
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has contacted organizers of a campaign to end the ban on women driving and told them they will be punished if they go on defying the male-only road rules, some of the campaign leaders said on Thursday…
Ukraine’s Klitschko says will run for president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian heavyweight boxer and opposition politician Vitaly Klitschko said on Thursday he would run for president in a 2015 election.
Malian, international forces launch operation against Islamists
BAMAKO (Reuters) – French, U.N. and Malian forces on Thursday launched a joint operation against Islamists across northern Mali a day after a suicide attack killed two Chadian peacekeepers in the desert zone.
India looks to China, Iran for onions to cool political heat
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has become so desperate for fresh stocks of the onions it uses in spicy curries that it is turning to regional rival China and sanctions-hit Iran for supplies, and there is even talk of airlifts to ease soaring prices.
Syrian army seizes Damascus suburb from rebels: state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces seized a suburb of Damascus on Thursday from rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in a push that has shored up government control of the capital’s outskirts, state television reported.
