Rioters renew violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
YANGON (Reuters) – Rioters torched two houses in a coastal town in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in the latest violence between Buddhists and minority Muslims, a government spokesman said, but a resident said security forces had restored order on Monday.
Poll shows strong shift to Australian PM Rudd, new ministry named
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd rewarded backers who helped him reclaim power from Julia Gillard with places in the new ministry he announced on Monday, while a new poll showed a strong bounce for his Labor Party before nation…
Blast in Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 28
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 28 people were killed and dozens wounded in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked a largely Shi’ite Muslim neighborhood, police said.
Assad’s forces battle to tighten control of central Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pounded Sunni Muslim rebels in the city of Homs with artillery and from the air on Sunday, the second day of their offensive in central Syria, activists said.
Millions flood Egypt’s streets to demand Mursi quit
CAIRO (Reuters) – Millions of Egyptians flooded into the streets on the first anniversary of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi’s inauguration on Sunday to demand that he resign in the biggest challenge so far to rule by his Muslim Brotherhood.
Obama urges Africa to follow spirit of Nelson Mandela
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Sunday the United States would help propel Africa along a path of prosperity and peace, and urged the continent to follow the example of Nelson Mandela.
Pakistan utility company fights to power chaotic port megacity
KARACHI (Reuters) – Since Pakistan’s biggest electricity company was privatized, its headquarters have been looted, its employees kidnapped and the government tried to arrest its boss.
Partiers outnumber protesters in Rio at Confederations Cup final
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The climax of a major international soccer tournament that provided the backdrop for the biggest mass protests to sweep Brazil in 20 years was set to kick off late Sunday as scattered demonstrations proceeded amid an otherwis…
Kazakhstan trade trip poses human rights test for UK’s Cameron
ATYRAU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron helped inaugurate the world’s costliest oil project in Kazakhstan on Sunday on a trip aimed at sealing business deals but quickly beset by questions over the Central Asian nation’s poo…
Bomb kills 12 soccer players, fans in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A bomb planted near a yard where people were playing soccer in Iraq killed 12 people on Sunday, police and medics said.
