‘Ghost of Rwanda’ haunts as U.S. envoy visits Central African Republic
BANGUI/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Neighbor turning on Neighbor, villages razed to the ground, hundreds of victims shot or hacked to death with machetes.
Putin says missiles not yet deployed to Kaliningrad region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin sought to reassure the West about Russia’s military movements on Thursday, saying Moscow had not yet decided whether to deploy Iskander missiles near NATO nations in the western exclave of Kaliningrad.
Putin says Russia had to help ‘brotherly’ Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia had to act to help its “brotherly” neighbor Ukraine out of economic crisis and that Moscow did not oppose Kiev signing a trade pact with Europe as long as it did not harm Russia’s econ…
As Modi storms into India’s election, a quiet alternative emerges
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – Five months before India’s next elections are due, there is already an air of victory around Narendra Modi as he strides from one jam-packed rally to the next. And yet, a regional leader from his Hindu nationalist fold is quie…
Thai protesters march in bid to oust PM, take aim at U.S.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office but their numbers appeared far smaller than earlier in the month, when she called a snap election to try to d…
Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – After Farida’s husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province of Herat.
U.S. repatriates two Guantanamo prisoners to Sudan
(Reuters) – The United States has sent two detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility back to their native Sudan, the Defense Department said on Wednesday, the latest transfers in a effort toward eventually closing the controversial prison…
Tokyo governor resigns; PM assures no Olympic impact
TOKYO (Reuters) – The governor of the Japanese capital resigned on Thursday after being caught up in a financial scandal just three months after he helped his city win a bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
U.S. prosecutor defends treatment of Indian diplomat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. attorney in Manhattan defended on Wednesday the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest last week on charges of underpaying her nanny, a case that has strained U.S.-Indian relations.
Rodman says he’s going to North Korea for fun, not to talk politics
BEIJING (Reuters) – Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman said on Thursday he was not going to North Korea to talk about politics or human rights, despite political tension surrounding the execution of leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle.
