Two found guilty of knife attack on Hong Kong editor
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Two men charged with attacking a former chief editor of a major Hong Kong newspaper with a meat cleaver last year were found guilty by a jury on Thursday.
Knife attacker kills woman in prime Beijing shopping complex
BEIJING (Reuters) – A lone attacker stabbed a French man and a Chinese woman in a popular Beijing shopping complex on Thursday, killing the woman, the city’s public security department said.
UK families of Iraq War dead threaten legal action over inquiry delay
LONDON (Reuters) – Families of British soldiers killed following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 threatened on Thursday to take legal action unless a long-awaited report from a public inquiry into the war is published, the Daily Mail newspaper re…
Sri Lanka’s torture of Tamils persists despite war’s end: charity
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The torture of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka by the police and military remains a major problem six years after the end of the civil war with victims beaten, burned and sexually abused, a UK-based charity providing …
Thai PM Prayuth confirms imminent cabinet reshuffle, says will appoint outsiders
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha confirmed an imminent cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, adding that he would change some ministers and appoint outsiders to the posts.
Iranian-Americans forge a rare bond to support nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the day U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a historic nuclear agreement last month, Hadi Partovi threw an impromptu party in his backyard outside Seattle, setting in motion a rare expression of solidarity among the country’s…
U.S. begins air strikes against Islamic State from Turkish base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States launched its first manned air strikes against Islamic State targets from the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
Argentine front-runner Scioli would seek bond holdout deal: advisor
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s presidential front-runner wants to settle a financially hobbling suit with bondholders, woo new investors, cut inflation and could revise energy subsidies to put the country’s fiscal house in order, his economic adv…
Huge explosions in China’s Tianjin port area kill 17, hurt 400: media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring around 400, official Chinese media reported.
Argentine front-runner Scioli would seek bond holdout deal: advisor
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s presidential front-runner wants to settle a financially hobbling suit with bondholders, woo new investors, cut inflation and could revise energy subsidies to put the country’s fiscal house in order, his economic adv…
