More than $1 billion was transferred into Malaysia PM’s accounts: WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Deposits into Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts ran to hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously identified by probes into state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the Wall Street Journal reported …
Russia calls for pact against chemical warfare by Islamic State
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday there was a growing threat from Islamic State militants waging chemical warfare in the Middle East and called for global negotiations on a new pact to combat what he called “a grave reality of our time”.
U.N. chief, Lavrov uphold Syria agreement, call for talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday on the need to urgently implement the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria and for the warring parties to return to the table for …
Spain’s Socialist leader gears up for unlikely leadership bid
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez sought last-minute backing from other parties on Tuesday as he geared up for a parliamentary vote on his bid to form a coalition government, which looks almost certain to fail.
Mali rebel destroyed ancient Timbuktu shrines, ICC told
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An Islamist fighter caused irreparable damage to Africa’s cultural heritage by destroying religious sites in the ancient city of Timbuktu during the 2012 conflict in Mali, international prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Indian forces kill eight Maoist rebels in gunbattle
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Security forces killed eight suspected Maoist militants, including five women, in a raid on a rebel training camp in central India on Tuesday, police said, breaking a six-month-long lull in violence linked to an insurgency that ha…
Central African constitutional court confirms Touadera elected president
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s constitutional court confirmed former mathematics professor Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been elected president, national radio reported on Tuesday, setting the stage for Touadera to be sworn in later thi…
Hong Kong bookseller denies kidnapped by China, says to renounce UK citizenship
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong bookseller and British passport holder who disappeared last year said he had not been kidnapped by Chinese authorities, as many suspect, but had sneaked into China illegally and that he would renounce his British citiz…
Cambodians admit to raping French tourists in Thailand: foreign ministry
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Five Cambodian fisherman have confessed to raping and assaulting French tourists on an isolated Thai beach, Cambodia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Basque militant separatist released from Spanish jail
LOGRONO, Spain (Reuters) – The former leader of the banned Basque separatist party Batasuna left prison on Tuesday after serving a six-and-a-half year sentence for trying to reform the illegal party, the political wing of armed militants ETA.
