[World] North Korea Issues Blunt New Threat to United States

North Korea Issues Blunt New Threat to United States
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/north-korea-s-nuclear-test-warning-needlessly-provocative-says-us-321971
WASHINGTON - A blunt and explicit threat on Thursday from North Korea that its weapons programs would “target” the United States, and that it would proceed with a third and “higher-level” nuclear test, poses a stark challenge to the Obama administration ...

Europeans Warned to Evacuate Benghazi
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578261520601262796.html
Several European governments urged their citizens to evacuate the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in response to what the U.K. described as "a specific and imminent threat to Westerners," highlighting jitters in the region after last week's deadly hostage ...

Japan envoy says territory dispute with China can be resolved
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i0SVYlFVXs8uNaqt_CqKvyDpq3Sw?docId=CNG.5a3a510bd2c2f58cc1619373c6d6e2c6.51
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Japanese envoy to Beijing said on Friday that he believed tensions with China over a group of uninhabited islands could be resolved, after meeting China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping.

Conflict in Mali town contained ... for now
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/rebels-leave-timbuktu-a-ghost-town-20130125-2daql.html
DIABALY, Mali -- Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday and warned about the new terrorist threat in North Africa's Mali.

Jordan democracy activists enjoy camaraderie, freedom to protest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/24/jordan-elections-marred-boycott-bias
AMMAN, Jordan - The king of Tafayla had just been elected to the parliament. He strode through the neighborhood in the Jordanian capital Thursday, dressed in a black tracksuit and wearing a 5 o'clock shadow, his hair matted down.

US envoy to Syria: Assad's mother has fled the country
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9824119/Syrias-Bashar-al-Assad-shown-at-ceremony-for-Prophet-Mohammeds-birthday.html
Syrian President Bashar Assad's mother, Anisa Makhlouf, has fled the country for the United Arab Emirates, US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford told CNN on Thursday.

Najib to Tour Hamas-Run Gaza in First Visit by Malaysian Leader
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Gaza-teens-graduate-from-Hamas-military-school-4220272.php
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived in the Gaza Strip in the first visit to the Palestinian enclave by a leader of the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation, which comes months before he must call elections.

Merkel Takes Swipe at Yen
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578262062293152332.html
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday stepped into a growing debate over the threat of a global currency war, taking a swipe at Japan's recent moves to weaken the yen and warning that political leaders must not use central banks to clean up their ...

Venezuela's Chavez in therapy, eyes return: Bolivia's president
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/chavez-talks-with-foreign-minister-3364240.html
By Carlos Quiroga and Diego Ore. LA PAZ/CARACAS | Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:53pm EST. LA PAZ/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is undergoing physical therapy to hasten his return from Cuba after surgery there last month for the ...

Israeli voters force Netanyahu to seek centrist partner
http://dawn.com/2013/01/23/netanyahu-wins-narrow-victory-in-israeli-elections/
By Alistair Lyon. JERUSALEM | Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:34pm EST. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's next government must heed voters and devote itself to bread-and-butter issues, not foreign policy problems such as Iran's nuclear plans and the Palestinian ...