China faces diplomatic ‘crisis’ over missing Hong Kong booksellers
HONG KONG/GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – For years Gui Minhai, a China-born publisher of tabloid books on China’s leaders, had believed he could live and work overseas on a Swedish passport without fear of persecution by Chinese authorities, which ban su…
Al Qaeda group claims kidnapping of Australians in Burkina Faso
CAIRO (Reuters) – The militant group al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of two Australians near Burkina Faso’s border with Mali on Jan. 15, according to an audio statement on Friday.
Haiti protesters stone to death ex-fighter as political crisis deepens
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti slipped deeper into unrest on Friday as former fighters roamed the capital and a mob of protesters stoned one of them to death, days before President Michel Martelly is due to leave office with no elected successor.
Pentagon releases photos tied to Afghan, Iraq detainee abuse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Friday released 198 photographs linked to allegations of abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them showing close-ups of cuts and bruises to arms and legs of prisoners held in U.S. facilities.
U.S., Britain consider letting spy agencies, police seek email, chat data from companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and UK spy agencies and police may soon be allowed to directly ask media companies in each others’ countries for email and online chat data for people being investigated, under a tentative bilateral deal, officials said on F…
Despite Libya urgency, hurdles to quick action against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies are probably many weeks or even months away from launching a new military campaign against Islamic State in Libya, despite mounting concern about the group’s spread there and its attacks on oil in…
Guinea journalist killed in clashes between opposition factions
CONAKRY (Reuters) – A journalist was shot and killed in Guinea on Friday during clashes between rival factions of the West African nation’s main opposition party, witnesses and the government said.
Syrian govt. not serious about political solution: rebel leader
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intensifying military offensives show the Syrian government and its allies are not serious about finding a political solution to the five-year-old conflict, the new leader of a major rebel group said on Friday.
WikiLeaks’ Assange calls on Sweden, Britain to allow him freedom after U.N. panel report
LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and Sweden on Friday to let him freely leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London after a U.N. panel ruled he had been arbitrarily detained and should be awarded compensation.
North Korea could be ready for missile launch by Super Bowl: U.S. source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea could be ready for its next rocket launch by the time of the U.S. Super Bowl on Sunday, a U.S. government source said on Friday.
