Separate attacks kill renowned Mexican reporter, wound local magazine executive
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican reporter renowned for coverage of organized crime was killed in the lawless state of Sinaloa and gunmen attacked an executive of a small weekly magazine on Monday, as authorities struggle to contain renewed bloodshed b…
Sadistic British child killer, ‘Moors Murderer’ Ian Brady, dies
LONDON (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most notorious killers, “Moors murderer” Ian Brady, who murdered five children with his lover and accomplice Myra Hindley during a sadistic two-year reign of terror in the 1960s died on Monday.
France’s Macron to name ministers Wednesday as rivals fear ‘dynamiting’
PARIS (Reuters) – A leading French conservative accused President Emmanuel Macron of “dynamiting” the political landscape on Tuesday as he put together a government that is expected to include former rivals on both left and right.
Turkey orders arrest of 85 ministry staff in post-coup probe: CNN Turk
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey ordered the arrest of 85 energy and education ministry staff in an investigation targeting the network of a U.S.-based cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating last July’s attempted coup, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on …
Asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea fear they will be put at risk by relocation
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea’s decision to relocate hundreds of men held in an Australian-run detention center to a nearby town soon exposes them to violence and inadequate medical care, asylum seekers and human rights groups said on Tuesday.
Afghan forces retake district near northern city of Kunduz
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces have regained control of a district center close to the northern city of Kunduz that fell to Taliban insurgents earlier this month, officials said on Tuesday.
Homes of Indian ex-finance minister, son searched in criminal probe
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched the homes of former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son on Tuesday, in a probe into suspected criminal misconduct related to approvals of investment deals.
Thailand has no immediate plan to suspend Facebook, regulator says
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has no immediate plan to block access to Facebook , the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday, as it expects the social media giant to comply with court orders for the removal of content deemed to threaten national security.
Two-state solution must be basis for any Trump peace effort: Palestinian envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just days ahead of President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip, the Palestinian envoy to the United States said any new Israeli-Palestinian peace push must be based on a two-state solution but that the U.S. administration had yet to present an actual plan for reviving negotiations.
Foreign diplomacy realities may impede Macron’s European ambitions
PARIS (Reuters) – When Emmanuel Macron rode down the Champs Elysees after his inauguration in a military jeep and not the customary limousine, France’s youngest postwar president sent a message that on his watch Paris will be strong and determined in i…
