Belarus leader pardons six jailed opposition figures
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian President Aleksander Lukashenko has pardoned six jailed opposition figures, including Nikolai Statkevich who was imprisoned after running against him for the presidency in 2010, his administration said on Saturday.
Emirati forces in Yemen’s Aden free British hostage: WAM
CAIRO (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates forces based in Yemen’s port city of Aden have freed a British hostage who had been held by al Qaeda, state news agency WAM said on Sunday.
Thai police bemoan lack of equipment nearly a week after blast
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Nearly a week after a bomb in Thailand killed 20 people, authorities appear no closer to identifying suspects or a motive, with police saying on Sunday a lack of modern equipment was hampering their investigation.
India-Pakistan peace talks collapse, deadlock sours relations
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The collapse of planned peace talks between India and Pakistan hours before they were to start on Sunday has raised questions about the arch-rivals’ willingness to overcome mutual mistrust, built since their separation a…
Fourteen killed in El Salvador prison, gang violence blamed
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Fourteen members of one of El Salvador’s most powerful street gangs were killed in a prison on Saturday in what appeared to be an internal gang purge, authorities said.
NATO contractors killed by Kabul car bomb identified as U.S. citizens
KABUL (Reuters) – Three U.S. contractors were among 12 killed by a Kabul bomb that targeted their NATO convoy, the U.S.-led coalition said, making the attack one of the most lethal for U.S. citizens in Afghanistan in recent years.
Over 50 people killed in Syrian missile strikes at rebel areas near Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 50 bodies were retrieved from buildings leveled to the ground after Syrian army missiles hit residential areas in the rebel-held northeast of Damascus on Saturday, rescue workers said.
Malaysia finds mass graves of 24 suspected human trafficking victims
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said on Sunday.
China rocked by second deadly chemical plant blast in two weeks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A huge explosion ripped through a chemical plant in eastern China, killing one person and injuring nine, Xinhua news agency said, less than two weeks after two deadly blasts destroyed a warehouse storing chemicals in the northeast….
South Korean officials visit Iran to seek post-sanction deals
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean government and corporate officials are visiting Iran this week to hunt out possible deals in the oil, gas and construction industries since an agreement was reached to lift sanctions on Tehran.
