Pakistan police say kill leader of banned sectarian group
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police killed the leader of the sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, his two sons and 11 others on Wednesday in a shootout after gunmen attacked a police convoy and freed him as he was being moved, police s…
Malaysian probe into fund scandal stalls after PM sacks deputy
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian parliamentary investigation into a graft scandal at a state investment fund embroiling Prime Minister Najib Razak has been put on hold as cracks in the long-ruling party appeared to widen on Wednesday.
Bahrain identifies suspects in Tuesday’s bombings: report
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Several suspects in a bombing in Bahrain that killed two policeman have been identified and some have been arrested, the state news agency BNA said on Wednesday quoting the ministry of interior.
Gunmen in Egypt kill guard outside Niger embassy
CAIRO (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a security guard outside the embassy of Niger in Cairo early on Wednesday morning, the Egyptian interior ministry said in a statement.
Uncertain times fuel occult beliefs in China’s Party hierarchy
BEIJING (Reuters) – Sometime in the last year, a group of mid-ranked government officials gathered for a dinner in a private room in a Beijing restaurant, all slightly nervous, but keen with anticipation.
Taliban advance in north Afghanistan seizing district, villages
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters have gained ground in two provinces in northern Afghanistan, overrunning a district centre in Sar-e-Pol and seizing villages in Kunduz, local officials there said on Tuesday.
Singapore arrests man who tried to join Islamic State
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has arrested a 51-year-old “self-radicalized” man who tried to join Islamic State (IS) in Syria, under an internal security law that allows for detention without trial for two years, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on …
Mexican state hands down historic sentence for femicide
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Five men in northern Mexico were sentenced to an unprecedented 697 years in prison for the gender-driven killing of 11 women, in a state where hundreds of young women have been murdered since 1990.
U.S., Turkey weigh which Syrian rebels to support in border area
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Turkey have not yet agreed which Syrian opposition fighters they will support in a joint effort to help clear Islamic State from an area along the Turkish border, officials said on Tuesday, underscoring unce…
UK minister urges United States to buy more British weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s minister for defense procurement on Tuesday urged the United States to buy more UK-built weapons, saying current trade flows were too much of a one-way street.
