Nepali police kill two, injure dozen during protest against reform plan
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot dead at least two demonstrators and injured about a dozen others on Monday after they attacked buildings during a protest against proposals for administrative reform in the Himalayan country.
Ecuador denies Swedish asylum is condition for Assange questioning
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ecuador denied on Monday that it had requested Sweden grant asylum for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a condition for allowing Swedish prosecutors to question him in London.
Child abuse scandal shocks Pakistan, families angry at police
HUSAIN KHAN WALA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Parents at the center of a growing child abuse scandal in Pakistan accused police on Monday of failing to do enough to break up a pedophile ring in Punjab province, the prime minister’s political heartland.
Al Qaeda in Syria leaves area where Turkey seeks buffer
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front says it has quit frontline positions against Islamic State north of Aleppo and ceded them to other rebels, leaving an area of northern Syria where Turkey wants to set up a buffer zone.
Cautious Khamenei shares burden of approval on Iran deal
DUBAI, (Reuters) – For a man with the title of Supreme Leader, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been noticeably unwilling to claim the credit for a nuclear deal that marks a turning point in the history of the Islamic Republic.
Another poll suggests Turkey’s AK Party could regain overall majority
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s AK Party has gained support in the last two months and could recover the absolute majority it lost in June, if a snap parliamentary election were held immediately, Turkish pollster MAK found in its latest survey.
Poster campaign catches out Portugal’s ‘trustworthy’ Socialists
LISBON (Reuters) – A billboard campaign designed to show Portugal’s main opposition Socialist party as trustworthy has revealed its shiftier side instead, damaging its standing as it gears up for a close-fought parliamentary election in October.
Myanmar government, military win pre-vote plaudits for flood response
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s government and military have won rare praise for their handling of the country’s deadly floods, helping to erase criticism over a previous disaster and possibly bolstering support before a landmark election in November.
China hits back at U.S. criticism over South China Sea ‘restrictions’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back on Monday at U.S. criticism that it restricts navigation and overflights in the South China Sea amid a festering marine territorial dispute with some of its neighbors.
Former senior China military official sentenced to death for corruption with reprieve
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese military court sentenced former senior officer Gu Junshan to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, the Defense Ministry said on Monday, the latest official to fall in President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on graft in t…
