Opposition rejects offer of PM post
BBC Online :Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk says protests will continue after he rejected President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer to appoint him as prime minister of...
International
Prisoner exchanges on Geneva agenda
BBC Online :Syrian government and opposition delegations are expected to discuss prisoner releases on their second day of face-to-face peace talks in Geneva.On Saturday the...
12 killed in fresh violence in China’s Xinjiang
Reuters, Beijing :Chinese police shot dead six people during a “terrorist” attack in the restive western region of Xinjiang and six more died when explosives...
Prominent Chinese activist jailed
CNN :Xu Zhiyong, a high-profile Chinese activist accused of organizing protests against official corruption, has been convicted and sentenced to four years in prison, a...
No deal with US until peace process with Taliban: Karzai
AP, Kabul :Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will not sign a security pact with the United States unless Washington and Pakistan launch a peace...
Egypt tense on third anniv of revolution
BBC Online :Rival political groups in Egypt are to mark the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising which ended in the overthrow of President Hosni...
800 held in China for illegal surveillance
PTI, Beijing :Chinese police have arrested over 800 people suspected of producing, selling and using illegal wiretapping and photography equipment to conduct surveillance.Through joint efforts...
Concessions fail to end unrest
BBC Online :Violence has continued in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, after President Viktor Yanukovych promised to make concessions to try to end the country’s crisis.As...
‘US not withdrawing from world’
Reuters, Switzerland :Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed on Friday as “a myth” suggestions that the United States was withdrawing from world affairs.“I’m perplexed by...
Abe calls for summit with China
Agency :Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that Japan and China are “inseparable” and urged Beijing to come to the table for “vital” summit...
Let her die
CNN, Texas :A Texas judge ordered a Fort Worth hospital to remove a pregnant and brain-dead woman from respirators and ventilators on Friday, perhaps ending...