Former party official in China’s Sichuan jailed 13 years for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court has sentenced the former deputy Communist Party chief of the southwestern province of Sichuan to 13 years in prison for bribery and abuse of power.
Police arrest Air France staff after October 5 scuffles
PARIS (Reuters) – Police arrested several Air France workers at their homes early on Monday as investigators tracked down protesters who hounded executives from a meeting about mass job cuts last week and tore the clothes of two fleeing managers.
Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group’s reclusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them, residents of the town and hospital …
Turkey sees Islamic State hand in bombing, vows election will go on
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is targeting Islamic State in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed up to 128 people, officials said on Sunday, while opponents of President Tayyip Erdogan blamed him for the worst such attack in Tur…
New Syrian alliance groups U.S.-backed Kurds, Arabs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Kurdish militia that has been fighting Islamic State in Syria with help from U.S.-led air strikes has joined forces with a number of Arab groups in a new military alliance announced on Monday.
China’s top diplomat to visit Japan amid new spy report
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat will visit Japan this week for high-level political talks, the foreign ministry said on Monday, amid reports that China has detained two more Japanese nationals for spying.
Arrest warrant issued for ex-Thai PM Thaksin over court no-show
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to turn up for a defamation case filed against him by the army.
Political crisis escalates in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish security forces stopped the speaker of parliament in Iraq’s Kurdish north from entering its capital on Monday in an escalating political crisis destabilizing the region at war with Islamic State militants.
UK response to migrant crisis is inadequate, say senior ex-judges
LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Britain’s most senior former judicial figures criticized Prime Minister David Cameron’s government on Monday for its response to the EU migrant crisis, saying it was inadequate and was pushing people into the arms of smuggler…
Malaysia’s Mahathir and other leaders urge prompt end to 1MDB scandal
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and some leaders of the ruling party jointly demanded resolution of the 1MDB state fund scandal on Monday and condemned a crackdown on dissent, signaling a divide within the coal…
