U.S. calls for due process, room for Bangladesh political opposition

WASHINGTON/DHAKA (Reuters) - The United States hopes due process will be followed after an anti-corruption court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, the top U.S. diplomat for South Asia said on Thursday.

February 27, 2015 at 11:08AM Read Full now Source Reuters: Top News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/hHuOGKcUzC8/story01.htm

Buffett, a cheerleader for America, takes his checkbook abroad

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders last year, called America "the mother lode of opportunity."

February 27, 2015 at 11:04AM Read Full now Source Reuters: Top News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/OYgcoGAUqdU/story01.htm

Japan output jumps but consumers unconvinced by Bank of Japan stimulus

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households cut spending more than expected and retail sales fell for the first time in seven months in January, data showed on Friday, a sign the central bank's radical stimulus has yet to convince consumers that inflation will take hold.

February 27, 2015 at 11:00AM Read Full now Source Reuters: Top News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/2u-Ip_srki0/story01.htm

German conservatives back Greek aid extension in test vote

BERLIN (Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives supported an extension of the Greek bailout in a test ballot on Thursday, one day before a vote in the Bundestag lower house of parliament, according to participants.

February 26, 2015 at 11:07AM Read Full now Source Reuters: Top News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wThJKZw3lX4/story01.htm

Kiev likely to order heavy artillery withdrawal: source

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is likely to order government forces to start pullng back heavy weapons in the country's east on Thursday under a Feb. 12 peace deal, a military source said.

February 26, 2015 at 10:53AM Read Full now Source Reuters: Top News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/VsmNYu-6sJA/story01.htm

Islamic State in Syria has abducted 220 from Christian villages: monitor

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria said on Thursday.

February 26, 2015 at 10:43AM Read Full now Source Reuters: Top News http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/vrokAy5EiXc/story01.htm