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…
Serbia sentences Balkan drug trafficker to 20 years in jail
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A court in Belgrade on Monday sentenced Darko Saric, for years one of the most wanted crime figures in the Balkans, to 20 years in jail for trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe and laundering 22 million euros, the Tanju…
Two explosions heard in central Kabul, one near bowling alley
KABUL (Reuters) – Two explosions were heard in central Kabul early on Monday evening, police said, wounding a taxi driver according to a Reuters witness.
Italian marines’ Indian murder case may go to arbitration
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A case in which two Italian marines are accused of killing two Indian fisherman could now be heard before an international court, offering a possible way out of a three-year impasse that has blighted bilateral relations.
How support for a Chinese rights lawyer could have led to crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state media last month accused Wang Yu, the country’s most prominent female human rights lawyer, of “blabbering about the rule of law and human rights”.
Smugglers dodge Turkish army on border with Islamic State-held Syria
ELBEYLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Emerging into Turkish territory through a field of towering corn a stone’s throw from the Syrian border, more than a dozen men make their way under scorching heat towards two white vans by the roadside, their engines running…
Hungary starts building Serbian border fence to keep out migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary started building a fence on Monday along its border with Serbia to try to stop illegal migrants entering from the south, a barrier which German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said makes “no sense”.
