Norway Supreme Court turns down mass murderer Breivik’s appeal
OSLO (Reuters) – The Norwegian Supreme Court will not take up an appeal lodged by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik protesting against his prison conditions, the court said on Thursday.
Chinese exam authorities use facial recognition, drones to catch cheats
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their “gaokao”, the annual university entrance exam seen as key to landing a lucrative white-collar job.
Rough justice in Iraq: one man’s path to mass execution by the roadside
SOUTH OF MOSUL (Reuters) – The killers made no attempt to hide the bodies of the 15 men they shot dead by the side of a road cutting across wheat fields in northern Iraq.
‘What will we eat?’ – Myanmar Muslims struggle after camp closures
YANGON/RAMREE, Myanmar (Reuters) – When Nwe Nwe Oo left Myanmar’s restive Rakhine State for the commercial hub of Yangon with a $590 government stipend in her pocket, she hoped to escape persecution against minority Muslims and start a new life.
U.N. warns of increasing civilian deaths in battle for Iraqi city of Mosul
GENEVA (Reuters) – Children trying to flee western Mosul have been shot dead by Islamic State militants, the U.N. human rights office said on Thursday, saying it had reports of a “significant escalation” in civilians deaths in the battle for the Iraqi …
UAE president offers condolences to Iran after deadly attacks
DUBAI (Reuters) – The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent condolences to his Iranian counterpart after at least 13 people were killed in militant attacks on Iran’s parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran.
Britons vote in election seen strengthening May’s Brexit hand
LONDON (Reuters) – Britons voted on Thursday in a snap election predicted to give Prime Minister Theresa May a larger parliamentary majority, which she hopes will strengthen her hand in looming divorce talks with the European Union.
Japan moves towards first major rape law changes in a century
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan stepped closer to amending its century-old sex crime law on Thursday when parliament’s lower house approved a bill to widen the definition of rape, make prison sentences lengthier and allow prosecution when victims do not press …
Syrian government warplanes strike Islamic State near Raqqa city: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government warplanes struck Islamic State positions west of Raqqa city on the southern bank of the Euphrates river on Thursday, state media said.
Former South Korean minister jailed over role in Samsung merger: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former South Korean health minister to two and a half years jail for his role in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment and arrest of former president Park Geun-hye, Yonhap reported.
