January 23, 2015 - Page 12

A TOP Ukrainian separatist leader said Friday he would not push for new peace talks with Kiev and warned that his forces were launching a new offensive to expand their control. “Our

IRAN offered condolences Friday to the people and government of Saudi Arabia upon the death of King Abdullah and said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif would travel to Riyadh. In a statement

PRESIDENT Barack Obama said “the stars are aligned” to enable the United States and India to forge a global partnership in an interview published Friday ahead of his visit to New Delhi.

SONY said Friday it was asking Japanese regulators for permission to delay the release of its earnings next month after a cyberattack at its Hollywood film unit compromised “a large amount of

YEMEN’S parliament will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday after President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi offered to resign over a deadly standoff with Shiite militia controlling the capital, official media said. Hadi, a

THAILAND’S junta-stacked parliament voted Friday to impeach former premier Yingluck Shinawatra, hours after prosecutors announced plans to indict her for corruption in a double blow that risks reigniting the country’s bitter divisions.

THE deadline set by Islamist militants threatening to kill two Japanese men unless they were given $200 million passed Friday, after one captive’s mother made a desperate plea to save her son’s

THE deputy chief of Indonesia’s most powerful anti-corruption body was arrested Friday over allegations he interfered in a legal case, police said, sparking protests outside the agency headquarters. The shock arrest of

A FEMALE bomber blew herself up, killing herself and a policeman, outside a court in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Friday, police said. “I can confirm that two people have