Pakistan’s secret military courts given Supreme Court blessing
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that secret military courts were legal and could pass death sentences on civilians, a judgment that critics said further strengthened the military’s grip on power at the expense of civil…
Turkish reporters face jail for publishing photo: prosecutors
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors are pushing for jail terms of up to 7 1/2 years each for 18 journalists accused of terrorist propaganda after publishing an image of a legal official held at gunpoint by far-left militants in March, local media sa…
Weary Hungarians polarized by tide of refugees
SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) – Every day, some 1,500 mostly Afghan and Syrian refugees stream through the woods from Serbia into Hungary.
Norwegian police investigate ‘bomb-like’ package at Oslo university
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police are investigating a suspicious package found on Wednesday on the campus of the University of Oslo, they said on their Twitter account.
Japan’s Abe asks Biden for investigation of possible U.S. spying
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for an investigation into possible spying on high-level Japanese government and corporate officials following WikiLeaks’ release last week of a list o…
Taipei mayor to attend China forum after row fizzles
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A forum between the mayors of the Taiwan capital of Taipei and the Chinese city of Shanghai will take place after all, Taipei said on Wednesday, suggesting a dispute over the Taipei mayor’s refusal to endorse Beijing’s “one China” po…
China appeals for U.S. help to fight Xinjiang militants
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has appealed for U.S. support in fighting Islamist militants in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang, saying they are also a threat to the United States.
Fewer Germans going to Syria, Iraq to fight for Islamic State: spy chief
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fewer Germans have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight with Islamic State in the past few months than during last year’s surge following the militants’ declaration of an Islamic caliphate, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence said…
Australia says initial MH370 debris drift models gave wrong clues
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Initial models of where potential debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet might first wash up had incorrectly identified Indonesia as the most likely location, the Australian body leading the search said on Wednesday.
In blow, U.S.-trained Syrian rebels captured by al Qaeda wing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it had indications that Syrian rebels trained by the U.S. military were captured by fighters from al Qaeda’s Syria wing, Nusra Front, in the latest blow to a fledgling program at the center of Am…
