Court officials stabbed in central China in latest knife attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man stabbed and wounded four court officials in central China on Wednesday, a newspaper said, in the latest of a series of attacks that have unnerved the country.
Myanmar president Thein Sein meets armed rebels for peace talks
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein on Wednesday made his first public appearance since the start of a campaign for Nov. 8 general elections, meeting leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups for ceasefire talks in the capital Naypyita…
Mahathir returns to Malaysia ready for probe over anti-Najib comments
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s veteran former leader Mahathir Mohamad returned from an overseas trip on Wednesday saying he would comply with any police investigation into comments he made against Prime Minister Najib Razak at an anti-government r…
Australia to take 12,000 refugees, extend air strikes into Syria
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will accept 12,000 refugees from Syria on top of its current humanitarian intake quota, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, bowing to pressure from an angry opposition, and extend air strikes against Islamic State…
Amal Clooney meets Maldives’ jailed ex-leader before hearing
MAAFUSHI, Maldives (Reuters) – International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney met the jailed former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, who was convicted of terrorism in a case that has drawn international criticism, a day before a key High Cou…
U.S. sees continued international support for Ukraine: senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A debt deal between Ukraine and creditors marks a way forward and the United States expects the International Monetary Fund and international community to keep supporting the country, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesd…
‘Leave no one behind’: U.N. ups ambition for new development goals
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cecylia, a Roma woman, left her home in southern Poland to escape the kind of racism that led to her being so badly beaten by communist police that she lost an unborn child.
Leading political party pulls out of Haiti’s legislative elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A leading political party in Haiti announced on Tuesday that it was pulling out of next month’s legislative elections, saying it was the primary victim of violence during the first round of voting in August.
Dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion returns to work
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Reuters) – The Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, sparking a global outcry from animal lovers, returned to work on Tuesday to shouts of “murderer” and “leave town” from a half dozen protesters, but support from some…
Queen Elizabeth becomes UK’s longest-reigning monarch
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth, who ascended the throne aged just 25 as her exhausted country struggled to recover from the ravages of World War Two, makes history on Wednesday when she becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
