U.S.-Afghan security pact needs clarity by February: Hagel
KABUL (Reuters) – A NATO meeting in February could become a new deadline for a security pact between the United States and Afghanistan, whose president has been reluctant to sign the deal, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on visit to Kabul.
Syrian Islamists seize Western-backed rebel bases: monitoring group
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syrian rebels from an Islamist alliance formed last month have occupied bases and warehouses belonging to a Western-backed rebel group on the Turkish border, rebels and activists said on Saturday.
China’s parliament: Japan has “no right to criticize” air defense zone
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s parliament has declared that Japan has no right to criticize the establishment of a Chinese air defense zone which it said was in accordance with international law, state media reported on Saturday.
More than 10 killed in militia battles in northern Kenya
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – More than 10 people were killed on Saturday in fighting in the town of Moyale in northern Kenya where troops have been sent to stop a week of fighting between rival ethnic groups that has sent thousands fleeing into Ethiopia, …
Russia-Ukraine talks fuel suspicion, anger in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Europe protesters accused Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday of planning to seal a customs union with former Soviet master Moscow this month, a move that would stoke further turmoil in Kiev.
Jailed Islamist women to go free, Egyptian court rules
ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) – Fourteen Islamist women jailed for 11 years for demonstrating in Egypt will be released after a court slashed their sentences in a case that had outraged opposition groups and human rights campaigners, judicial sources said on Sa…
Syrians targeted Israeli patrol on Golan with bomb: Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli army said on Saturday that an Israeli military vehicle had been damaged by a bomb set off by Syrians on frontier of the occupied Golan Heights.
Thai PM says Shinawatras want peace, not power
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ruled out a political comeback for her influential self-exiled brother on Saturday and said an unpopular amnesty bill that would have allowed him to return has been scrapped, permanently.
Thailand will help with any Rohingya investigation: PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will help the United Nations and the United States with any investigation into the findings of a Reuters report that Thai immigration officials moved Myanmar refugees into human-trafficking rings, the prime minister said on…
Air traffic computer fault hits flights from England
LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of travelers were delayed at major airports across England on Saturday because of a technical problem at an air traffic control center.
