Gaza destruction comes under forensic lens in Amnesty report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – About two weeks into last year’s conflict in Gaza, Palestinian photographer Jehad Saftawi began to tire of venturing into the city every day to take images of the wreckage.
China says recovered 38.7 billion yuan in graft losses
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has recovered 38.7 billion yuan ($6.2 billion) in losses from graft, state media reported, as the leadership pursues a campaign against pervasive corruption.
Merkel’s Bavarian ally says Grexit would cause ‘utter chaos’
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Greek exit from the euro zone would cause “utter chaos” but would have to be accepted if Athens was not willing to implement reforms, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer told German newspaper Die Welt on Wednesd…
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 …
