Japanese cabinet minister Shindo visits shrine to war dead
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshitaka Shindo visited a shrine to war dead seen as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism on Thursday, a move likely to anger China and further strain icy ties between Asia’s two largest economies.
Talks resume as Israel frees Palestinians, pursues settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators reconvened U.S.-brokered peace talks in Jerusalem on Wednesday amid little fanfare and low expectations, dogged by plans for more Jewish settler homes on occupied land.
ElBaradei quits Egypt government, other liberals stay
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim vice president, Mohamed ElBaradei, resigned on Wednesday after the security forces used force to crush protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, but fellow liberals did not follow sui…
Insight: Japan’s nuclear clean-up: costly, complex and at risk of failing
KAWAUCHI, Japan (Reuters) – The most ambitious radiation clean-up ever attempted has proved costly, complex and time-consuming since the Japanese government began it more than two years in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. It may also fail.
U.S. weighs calling off military exercise with Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering calling off a major military exercise with Egypt following the killing of scores of people in an assault by Egyptian security forces on a protest camp, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Two Koreas agree to reopen shuttered factory park
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to reopen a troubled joint industrial park after a series of talks on the fate of the symbol of economic cooperation, raising hopes of possible improvement in political ties.
Defiant Argentine leader vows deeper market intervention
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez, defiant after her party’s midterm primary election defeat, vowed on Wednesday to deepen the interventionist policies that have delivered economic growth during her six years in power at the …
Jordan seeks U.S. surveillance aircraft as Syria war rages
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan on Wednesday asked the United States to provide manned U.S. surveillance aircraft to help keep an eye on its border with Syria, the top U.S. military officer said, as the kingdom struggles to contain fallout from Syria’s civil …
Two journalists killed in Cairo violence
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two journalists were killed in Cairo on Wednesday as Egyptian forces crushed protests by thousands of supporters of the deposed president, shooting scores of people dead.
Mali’s coup-leading army captain promoted to general
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s outgoing government has promoted to the rank of general an army captain who led a coup last year that plunged the West African nation into crisis and allowed al Qaeda-linked fighters to seize the desert north.
