Georgia says Russia violating sovereignty with border markers
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia accused Russia on Monday of violating its sovereignty by placing border markers on the edge of the South Ossetia region, leaving part of an international oil pipeline in territory under Russian control.
Family of six hacked to death for witchcraft in eastern India
BHUBANESWAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian couple and four of their children were hacked to death by a mob of villagers who accused them of practicing witchcraft and making their children sick, police in the eastern state of Odisha said on Mo…
Nobel winner Malala opens school for Syrian refugees
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon (Reuters) – Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in “books not bullets…
Former Sri Lanka leader to run for prime minister in August elections
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A coalition led by Sri Lanka’s president has nominated war-time leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to run in elections next month, official documents showed on Monday, with allies saying he will stand for the post of prime minister.
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein says will not run for second term
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar President Thein Sein has decided not to run in a parliamentary election scheduled for Nov. 8, a senior official from his office said on Monday, meaning he will not be eligible for a second term as head of state.
Indonesia jails three Chinese Uighurs for trying to join Islamist militants
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court sentenced three men from China’s Uighur Muslim minority on Monday to six years in prison for conspiring with militant Islamists in Indonesia, a police spokesman said.
Poor intelligence, porous borders stymie Chinese control of Uighurs
BEIJING (Reuters) – Poor intelligence and porous borders with Southeast Asia are stymieing China’s efforts to stop the flow of ethnic minority Uighur Muslims heading to Turkey, where China says many of them end up fighting for Islamists in Syria and Ir…
Hekmatyar’s Afghan militants deny joining Islamic State
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – An influential Afghan militant faction on Monday denied reports that it had shifted loyalty to Islamic State’s budding movement in the region.
Slavery survivors in Britain at high risk of being exploited again: report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Survivors of modern-day slavery in Britain are at high risk of falling back into the hands of traffickers because of gaps in the government support system, a report published on Monday said.
Leaders must put aside ‘narrow self-interest’ to end poverty says Ban Ki-moon
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – World leaders must put aside “narrow self-interest” to break a deadlock over how to finance the United Nation’s bold new global development agenda, its Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday at the openi…
