London police investigating unattended item on bus, cordons in place
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that specialist officers were dealing with an unattended item found on board a bus in Hackney, northeast London, and cordons had been put in place while the item was assessed.
Kidnapped son of Pakistani ex-PM arrives home from Afghanistan
KABUL/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The son of a former Pakistani prime minister who was rescued by Afghan and U.S. forces from al Qaeda captors in Afghanistan arrived home to a rapturous welcome in Pakistan on Wednesday, three years after being kidnapp…
French finance minister admits to ‘inappropriate’ conduct towards female journalist
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Michel Sapin admitted on Wednesday to behaving inappropriately towards a female journalist, days after a sex scandal forced the resignation of the vice-president of the lower house of parliament.
Bangladesh refugee dies of heart failure on protest-hit Nauru
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi refugee died of heart failure on Nauru on Wednesday, Australian officials said, the second death in as many weeks on the tiny South Pacific island where detainees have been hurting themselves in protests.
After 30 years in Thailand, a glimmer of hope for refugees from Myanmar
MAE SOT, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ta Mla Saw was about seven when she and her family fled from Myanmar troops attacking her village in the country’s ethnic Karen region, and crossed the river into Thailand to the safety of refugee camps …
Thailand faces ‘moment of shame’ at U.N. rights council review
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand faces a “moment of shame” when the U.N. Human Rights Council reviews its rights record on Wednesday, a rights group said, amid fresh arrests of online critics accused of criticizing the junta.
Ahead of inauguration, China says Taiwan to blame for any crisis
BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new government will be to blame for any crisis with China that erupts once it assumes office, Beijing said on Wednesday, heaping on the pressure ahead of the inauguration of a new president from a pro-independence party.
Australia holds five suspected of plotting sailing trip to join Islamic State
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the far north to Indonesia and the Philippines en route to joining Islamic State in Syria, officials said on Wednesday.
India’s bid to bring home tycoon Mallya rebuffed; to keep trying
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has failed in its initial attempt to secure the return of debt-strapped tycoon Vijay Mallya from Britain but New Delhi said on Wednesday it would continue to seek his repatriation to face his creditors.
Brazil’s Rousseff makes final survival bid as Senate poised to oust her
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took her battle to survive impeachment to the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office a day before the Senate will likely vote to put her on trial for breakin…
