British police watchdog to investigate handling of former PM Heath child sex claim
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s police watchdog said on Monday it will investigate allegations that detectives failed to pursue a complaint of child sexual abuse made against former Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath in the 1990s.
Ukrainian casualties reported before peace talks
KIEV (Reuters) – Four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 15 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the past 24 hours just before talks on a ceasefire were due to start, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
Russia says security forces kill 14 Islamist militants
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) forces killed eight Islamic State militants on Sunday and six other Islamist rebels on Monday in the North Caucasus, the national Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK) said.
Israel says allows harsher interrogations of Jewish militant suspects
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will allow harsher interrogations of suspected Jewish militants, and possibly let security services violently shake detainees, following a deadly West Bank arson attack blamed on ultra-nationalists, a minister said on Monda…
Moroccan dies trying to reach Spain in suitcase
MADRID (Reuters) – A Moroccan man suffocated while being smuggled to Spain in a suitcase stowed in the boot of a car, the Spanish government said on Monday.
Floods, landslides kill 75, displace thousands in eastern India
KOLKATA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 75 people have died and tens of thousands have had to take refuge in state-run relief camps after heavy rains caused floods and landslides in eastern India, government officials and aid groups said on Mon…
India orders clampdown on Internet porn, sparks censorship debate
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has blocked hundreds of adult websites to prevent pornography becoming a social nuisance, a government official said on Monday, sparking a debate about censorship and freedom in the world’s largest democracy.
Ten Malian soldiers killed in attack on northern base
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed 10 Malian soldiers at the Gourma Rharous base in northern Mali on Monday, an army official said.
China wants no talk of South China Sea at upcoming ASEAN meeting
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said on Monday the disputed South China Sea should not be discussed at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Taiwan school textbook row highlights antipathy to ‘one China’
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Protests in Taiwan over textbook revisions which students say aim to brainwash them into accepting a “one China” view of history underscore the island’s growing sense of independence from its vast neighbor and geopolitical foe.
