Rival Koreas set for first official talks in over two years
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea will meet for working-level discussions at a border village on Sunday, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said, in what will be the first official talks between the rivals in more than two years.
Sudan police use teargas to break up protest
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police used teargas to break up an anti-government protest in the capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses said.
Brazil’s Indian affairs chief resigns amid land tensions
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s Indian affairs agency, Funai, has resigned due to health problems, it said on Friday, a decision that also comes amid escalating land conflicts between farmers and Indian tribes that led to the shooting an indi…
U.N. launches record appeal for victims of Syrian war
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations warned on Friday half of all Syrians would need humanitarian aid by the end of 2013 and launched what it said was the biggest emergency appeal in history to cope with the civil war crisis.
IMF says agrees to monitor Zimbabwe, first since 1999
WASHINGTON/HARARE (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has agreed with Zimbabwe to monitor the country’s programs until the end of the year, paving the way for this sub-Saharan nation to clear billions of dollars of its debt ar…
Thousands of Turks defy Erdogan as protests rumble on
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thousands of Turks dug in on Saturday for a weekend of anti-government demonstrations despite Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s demand for an immediate end to the worst political unrest of his decade in power.
Mob in Bolivian town buries alive suspected rapist
LA PAZ (Reuters) – A mob in a Bolivian town buried alive a teenager alongside the body of a woman they suspected he had raped and murdered, Bolivian media reported on Friday.
United States urges Madagascar to hold free, fair elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday called on Madagascar to restore democratic rule through free and fair elections, after the African nation’s government said it was postponing a presidential vote by a month to August 23.
Sudan police use teargas to break up protest
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police used teargas to break up an anti-government protest in the capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses said.
Ethiopia says it won’t bow to Egyptian pressure over Nile dam
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s construction of a dam on a tributary of the Nile is not open to negotiation, the Addis Ababa government said on Friday, as a confrontation with Egypt over the project escalated.
