Thai navy denies allegation of Rohingya Muslim smuggling
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution and dire living conditions in Myanmar.
Kerry, Palestinians discuss peace talks in Amman, progress unlikely
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met a Palestinian negotiator in Jordan to discuss resuming peace talks with Israel, officials said, with chances of an immediate breakthrough appearing slim before he leaves later on Friday.
Venezuela slams U.S. over ‘repressive regimes’ remarks
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demanded the United States apologize on Thursday after the Obama administration’s nominee for envoy to the United Nations said there was a crackdown on civil society in the South American country….
Egyptian Christians happy Mursi is gone but remain wary
CAIRO (Reuters) – The evening Egypt’s army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, Christian lawyer Peter Naggar celebrated on Tahrir Square with even greater joy than when autocrat Hosni Mubarak fell from power two years ago.
New Pakistan government vows to rescue ailing power sector
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new energy minister promised on Thursday to fix the country’s ailing energy sector in three years, laying out an ambitious plan to tackle crippling power shortages that have devastated the economy and sparked violent pr…
Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy returns home, joins poll campaign
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned home from exile on Friday after a royal pardon removed the threat of a jail term and he immediately joined the campaign to unseat long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen in this month’s…
BRICS joint action at G20 summit may be wishful thinking
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Plans by the world’s leading emerging economies to join forces to battle the latest bout of global financial turbulence could remain on the drawing board once again at the G20 meeting in Moscow this week.
U.S. concerned over North Korean arms ship, Panama awaits U.N
PANAMA CITY/MIAMI (Reuters) – A U.N. team is due to arrive in Panama next month to inspect a North Korean ship which was seized carrying arms from Cuba, a potential breach of U.N. sanctions that the United States said was “incredibly concerning.”
Ex-CIA official, convicted of kidnapping in Italy, held in Panama
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Former CIA Milan station chief Robert Seldon Lady, convicted in Italy of kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim cleric, has been arrested in Panama, Italian and Panamanian officials said on Thursday.
‘Desperate’ Cuba voyage is latest scrape for North Korean fleet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even by the standards of North Korea’s dilapidated shipping fleet, which often carries contraband and sails vessels until they sink, the recent failed attempt to transport Cuban arms through the Panama Canal was a risky business….
