Austria plans to dissolve fraternity at center of neo-Nazi scandal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wednesday the government would disband a fraternity over its anti-Semitic songbook amid growing calls for a prominent far-right politician to resign for having been the group’s deputy leade…
Egyptian court sentences 16 over Church raid: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Wednesday gave 15 people one-year suspended jail sentences over a December attack on an unlicensed Coptic Church in a village south of Cairo, judicial sources said.
German parties agree on pensions as coalition talks progress
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives agreed with their would-be Social Democrat (SPD) partners on Wednesday to cap pension contributions, a sign of steady progress in coalition talks which both sides aim to conclude within a week…
Philippine graft agency chief defies Duterte’s suspension order
MANILA (Reuters) – The head of the Philippine anti-corruption agency on Wednesday said she would defy an order from President Rodrigo Duterte’s office suspending a deputy, saying the constitution guaranteed independence for the agency.
U.S. slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle ‘casino’ in bid to break up narco-empire
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution.
South Yemen clashes abate as separatists cede bases
ADEN (Reuters) – Three days of deadly clashes between southern Yemeni separatists and an internationally recognized government based in the port of Aden subsided on Wednesday after fighters handed back two military bases they had seized, residents said…
Russia’s ambassador: Oil deliveries to North Korea should not stop – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to North Korea said on Wednesday it was better not to cut deliveries of oil and oil products to North Korea, RIA news agency reported.
Iranian-American dual national, wife sentenced to 27, 16 years in jail
LONDON (Reuters) – An Iranian-American dual citizen and his wife have been sentenced to 27 and 16 years in jail respectively, the husband said in a letter from prison published on human rights websites.
Thai court jails six for setting fire to kings’ portraits
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced six people to jail for setting fire to portraits of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his father, the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in several spots around the northeastern province of Khon Kaen last y…
Kenyan stations remain shut down after airing opposition coverage
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Three Kenyan television and radio stations remained off the air on Wednesday and said they had not heard from authorities, a day after they were shut down while airing coverage of an opposition gathering in Nairobi.
