JERUSALEM – Right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accepted a mandate to form Israel’s next government and immediately called for a broad, national unity coalition with centrist and left-wing partners.
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SEOUL – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday told North Korea to stop being provocative and return to nuclear talks, warning ties could not improve with Washington if it continued insulting South Korea.
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NEW YORK – A top adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday the global economy may be deteriorating even faster than during the Great Depression, grim euro zone services and manufacturing data hit a record low, and Japan warned economic conditions were also worsening.
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COLOMBO – Two Tamil Tiger planes launched a defiant air raid on Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo yesterday, killing two people and injuring 40 when one crash-landed onto a government building.
