(Reuters) — Japan condemned animal conservationist group Sea Shepherd on Monday (February 3), after the group said one of its vessels was rammed by Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. Footage released by Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) showed a collision between activists…
(Reuters) – Thai anti-government protesters planned to forge ahead on Monday with efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a day after a disrupted election that is unlikely to settle the country’s long-running political conflict. The demonstrators blocked balloting in…
The body of Philip Seymour-Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation, was carried out of his New York City West Village apartment after being found dead at what police sources described as apparent drug overdose.
(Reuters) — North Korea proposed to hold a working-level meeting with South Korea to discuss the reunions of families separated since the Korea War that divided the neighbours, the SouthKorean Unification Ministry said on Monday (February 3). “The North Korean side accepted our Red Cross’s (earlier)…
Ninety people, including women and children, were killed in air raids carried out by the Syrian army in the city of Aleppo, adding up to the list of more than a hundred thousand casualties in the nearly three-year civil war.…
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD Sun Feb 2, 2014 6:55pm EST (Reuters) – Mohammad Zubair was on a cruise dinner with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Thailand when he was offered the hardest job of his life: privatizing a huge…
SANAA Sun Feb 2, 2014 6:46pm EST (Reuters) – Three large explosions were heard in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday, close to the defense ministry, the central bank and the former president’s home, locals told Reuters. “The explosions were followed…
(Reuters) – Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation, who won an Academy Award for his title role in the film “Capote,” was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday in what a New York…
(Reuters) – China does not feel threatened by countries in Southeast Asia and is optimistic about the situation in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said, warningJapan not to “spread rumors” it plans a new air defense identification zone. China alarmed Japan, South Korea and…
(Reuters) – Spain cannot block a non-binding vote on Catalan independence that could become the basis for negotiations on Catalonia’s future, the president of the northeastern region said in an interview published on Sunday. “If I call a consultation, not to declare…
