South Sudan president says troops allied to sacked vice president behind fighting
NAIROBI (Reuters) – South Sudan’s president blamed on Monday soldiers loyal to former deputy president Riek Machar, who he sacked in July, for starting fighting in the capital Juba overnight, adding the government was now in control of the situation.
Riot in China’s Xinjiang kills 16, ‘terror gang’ blamed
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police shot and killed 14 people during a riot near the old Silk Road city of Kashgar in which two policemen were also killed, the local government said on Monday, the latest unrest in a region that has a substantial Muslim …
South Africa buries ‘greatest son’ Mandela
QUNU, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, leaving the multi-racial democracy he founded without its living inspiration and still striving for the “Rainbow Nation” ideal of shared prosperity he had dreamed of.
Turkey, EU sign deals on illegal immigrants, visa-free travel
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and the European Union signed an agreement on Monday allowing EU governments to send back illegal immigrants crossing into Europe from Turkey in a move highlighting a thaw in relations between Ankara and the 28-member bloc.
Death toll in Syrian bombing raid on Aleppo rises to 76: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Seventy-six people, including 28 children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped “barrel bombs” on the northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
Fighting erupts between South Sudanese troops: witnesses
JUBA (Reuters) – Fighting erupted between South Sudanese soldiers overnight around the capital and gunfire and explosions could still be heard on Monday morning, witnesses in Juba said, following months of tension after the president sacked his deputy….
In rural China, teacher upholds Mao Thought to save the world
SITONG, China (Reuters) – In a remote part of China, the day starts at the Democracy Elementary and Middle School with a pre-dawn jog, some revolutionary songs and then an activity long-since forgotten at other schools: reciting quotations from Mao Zed…
U.N. envoy calls for end to South Sudan fighting
JUBA (Reuters) – The U.N. envoy for South Sudan called on Monday for an end to fighting that erupted overnight between soldiers in Africa’s newest nation and said she was in touch with the country’s leaders.
Thai opposition debates whether to run in February election
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s main opposition party opened a meeting on Monday to decide whether to take part in a snap election called by the government to defuse street protests but one senior member said reforms demanded by the protesters should be…
Heavy gunfire, blasts heard in South Sudan capital: witness
JUBA (Reuters) – Gunshots rang out through the night in South Sudan’s capital Juba and blasts could be heard on Monday morning, said a Reuters witness in the city, where political tension has been high since President Salva Kiir fired his deputy in Jul…
