Kerry presses China, Southeast Asia to ease sea tensions
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed China and Southeast Asian nations on Monday to make progress on a plan to ease tensions in the South China Sea, reminding the region that Washington had national interests at st…
Party outweighs protest after Brazil Confederations Cup victory
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Small skirmishes between police and protesters did little to disrupt the festive atmosphere around the close of a major international soccer tournament that has been the backdrop for the biggest mass demonstrations to sweep B…
China state media blames Syria rebels for Xinjiang violence
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Monday blamed Syrian opposition forces in unusually specific finger pointing for training Muslim extremists responsible for the deadliest unrest in four years in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang.
Israeli held for pro-settler vandalism of West Bank monastery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli is under arrest for the vandalism of a Christian monastery in the occupied West Bank last year, carried out in solidarity with hardline Jewish settlers, police said on Monday.
Chile’s Bachelet easily beats rivals for new presidential bid
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Former Chilean leader Michelle Bachelet steamed toward another presidential bid on Sunday with a lopsided primary win that prompted her center-left rivals to concede early in the evening and vow to support her in the November elect…
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.
