Nigeria drops arms trafficking charges against Russian sailors
LAGOS (Reuters) – A Nigerian court dropped charges of arms trafficking against seven Russian sailors on Tuesday, their lawyer said, ending a year-long case that has frayed diplomatic relations between Nigeria and Russia.
Blackouts, curfews and protests over India’s newest state
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Blackouts hit emergency services and industry in parts of India’s Andhra Pradesh state on Tuesday, the third day of a strike by public workers protesting against a government decision to split the southern state in two.
India says Pakistan pushing fighters into Kashmir before 2014
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India’s army said on Tuesday that Pakistani troops had helped a group of 30 to 40 insurgents stage the biggest incursion in Kashmir in years, linking it to a plan to push fighters into the region as foreign forces …
U.S. target in Somalia plotted serial Kenya attacks: spy report
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ikrima, the militant targeted by U.S. special forces in a failed weekend raid, is a Somali-based thinker, planner and operator who has relentlessly plotted attacks on neighboring Kenya, intelligence services and analysts believe.
China dismisses worries over Turkey missile deal
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry dismissed concerns about Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defense system with a Chinese firm, saying on Tuesday that the United States and others were needlessly politicizing a purely commercial dea…
Rebels freed as Myanmar gives amnesty to 56 political prisoners
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar released 56 political prisoners on Tuesday in a presidential amnesty mainly for members of ethnic minority armies with which the government is seeking peace deals, activist and official sources said.
Four dead, thousands evacuated after Typhoon Fitow hits eastern China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Four people were killed and hundreds of thousands evacuated after Typhoon Fitow hit eastern China, destroying houses and farmlands and closing ports and airports.
Syria wins cautious praise as chemical disarmament starts
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.
Exclusive: India to stick with austerity despite looming election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country’s finance minister said on Monday, underlining that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an electio…
U.S. trade official says to seek TPP deal by year-end
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The United States maintained it hopes to seal an ambitious trade pact on schedule by year-end despite resistance in some countries and the absence of President Barack Obama from a regional summit that is ironing out diff…
