China summons Japanese ambassador over shrine visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China summoned Japan’s ambassador on Thursday to lodge a strong complaint after two Japanese cabinet ministers publicly paid their respects at a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
Brotherhood says to bring down ‘military coup’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday it would bring down the “military coup” and remained committed to peaceful activism after around 300 people were killed in violence triggered by the government’s decision to break up Islamis…
Traffic flows through site of crushed Cairo protest camp
CAIRO (Reuters) – Traffic has started flowing through the area of Cairo where supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi set up a protest camp at the heart of a power struggle between Islamists and the army-backed government, said a Reuters witness….
Indonesian anti-graft agency arrests head of energy regulator
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-graft agency on Wednesday arrested the head of the energy regulator to probe allegations he took more than half a million dollars from an oil firm, piling more uncertainty on energy policy in Southeast Asia’s bigges…
Analysis: Under fire, Venezuela’s Maduro vows new graft crackdown
CARACAS (Reuters) – When even Venezuela’s most famous topless model complains on Twitter that the government is too soft on corruption, it could be time for President Nicolas Maduro to sit up and take action.
Central African Republic on brink of collapse: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Central African Republic is on the brink of collapse and the crisis is threatening to spread beyond its borders, senior U.N. officials said on Wednesday as they urged the Security Council to help fund and support an Afric…
Japan PM Abe sends offering to war shrine, but does not visit
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, but did not visit in person in an effort to avoid inflaming tensions with Asian neighbors.
U.N. says chemical weapons investigators to visit Syria imminently
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. experts will travel to Syria imminently to investigate claims of chemical weapons use during that country’s civil war after the United Nations and the Syrian government agreed on details of the trip, U.N. Secretary-Gener…
Brazil Congress rejects motion that threatened oil rights auction
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday rejected an amendment to an oil-royalty bill that threatened to derail the world’s largest-ever sale of rights to develop offshore oil resources scheduled for October 21.
U.S. asks Mexico to detain freed drug lord so can be extradited
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States has asked Mexico to detain freed drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero to face charges brought decades ago by a U.S. court, the Mexican attorney general’s office said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a formal ex…
