Prominent China rights lawyer indicted in high-profile case
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s most outspoken human rights lawyers has been charged with inciting ethnic hatred, a Beijing prosecutor said on Friday, the latest development in a case that has drawn censure from the West.
Pakistan officials question group’s claim of Islamic State funding
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The militant group that said it was behind Wednesday’s massacre of 45 commuters in Karachi is a dangerous outfit with ties to Pakistan’s Taliban, but intelligence sources voiced doubts about claims it had received…
Bosnia indicts 12 for fighting in Syria, Iraq
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia has indicted 12 people for forming a terrorist group and traveling to Syria and Iraq to fight for the Islamic State, the state prosecutor’s office said on Friday.
U.N. seeks speedier inspections on Yemen-bound goods to import fuel
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Yemen urged a Saudi-led coalition to ease its inspection regime to allow vital commercial and humanitarian goods into the country.
Scuffles break out at trial of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn
ATHENS (Reuters) – The trial of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party was interrupted on Friday when a group of people shouting “fascists!” and throwing bottles tried to barge into the courtroom, police and court officials said.
Beijing says Philippines, U.S. ‘exaggerate China threat’ in sea dispute
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry accused the Philippines on Friday of working together with the United States to “exaggerate the China threat” over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
Embattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts.
Embattled from the outset, new Netanyahu government sworn in
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts.
Pakistan launches ‘massive’ air and ground anti-Taliban offensive
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani troops on Friday began a “massive” offensive to try to push the Taliban from their last major stronghold in the mountainous northwestern region of North Waziristan, moving in from north and south, offici…
Taiwan, China plan further talks in sign of improving relations
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan said on Friday its top official in charge of relations with China will meet his Chinese counterpart this month on an outlying island, the fourth such meeting since the start of last year in a sign of warming relations.
