Afghan clerics protest nomination of first woman to Supreme Court
KABUL (Reuters) – Members of an influential Islamic panel in Afghanistan have protested against President Ashraf Ghani’s nomination of a woman to the Supreme Court, a milestone appointment in a country where the Taliban once banned women from most area…
Japan faces dilemma over plutonium stored in France
TOKYO (Reuters) – Still dealing with the huge clean up after the Fukushima crisis and debating its future use of atomic energy, Japan now faces another nuclear conundrum – what to do with 16 tonnes of its plutonium sitting in France after being reprocessed there.
Exclusive: Greece has not asked Russian finance ministry for aid – deputy minister
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Greece has not asked the Russian Finance Ministry for financial assistance and its prime minister is visiting Russia to discuss joint projects rather than to seek cash, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak s…
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed as fighting intensifies in east: Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in the past 24 hours in fighting in separatist eastern territories despite a ceasefire, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday.
UK investigator says Chinese officials mistreated him to get GSK confession
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – A British corporate investigator freed from a Chinese jail last week has accused officials there of deliberately withholding medical treatment to try to force him to confess to a role in a scandal involving drugmaker GlaxoSmi…
Stop playing politics with Iran’s war dead, families say: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – The families of Iranian military divers killed in a 1980s war with Iraq have condemned moves to politicize a recent reburial ceremony, state news agency IRNA said on Thursday, in a likely reference to hardliners opposed to compromise …
Quadruple car bombing in Yemen capital killed two, wounded 60: state news
SANAA (Reuters) – Four car bombs which struck mosques in Sanaa and the headquarters of Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement on Wednesday killed two people and wounded 60 others, a medical source told state news agency Saba on Thursday.
Japan, South Korea send conflicting signals on ‘comfort women’ feud
TOKYO (Reuters) – As Japan and South Korea near their 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the two are sending conflicting signals over whether they can resolve a feud over “comfort women” forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels that has ch…
Russia may toughen counter-sanctions over Ukraine-Kremlin aide
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia may toughen its response to sanctions imposed by the European Union over the crisis in Ukraine if the bloc extends its measures against Moscow, a Kremlin aide said on Thursday.
Malaysian navy in contact with pirates on hijacked tanker
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysian naval vessel has made contact with the pirates onboard hijacked tanker Orkim Harmony and is trying to persuade them to surrender, a maritime official said on Thursday.
