U.N. criticizes Senegal’s jailing of ex-President’s son
DAKAR (Reuters) – A U.N. panel accused Senegalese authorities of arbitrarily detaining the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, and called on the government to hand over unspecified compensation, a draft report showed.
Second hearing set for jailed Washington Post Iran reporter: ISNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian court will hold a second hearing next week for Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, an American-Iranian on trial on espionage charges, Iran’s Students News Agency ISNA reported on Wednesday.
European business lobby slams China’s draft national security law
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s draft National Security Law is excessively broad and would isolate the country from crucial technologies, a European business lobby said on Wednesday, in the latest backlash from foreign industry over a suite of pending Chin…
Airbus says three engines froze on crashed A400M
PARIS (Reuters) – The crew of an A400M military transporter that crashed last month tried in vain to regain control of three engines that froze due to a suspected software problem, according to details of investigations published on Wednesday.
Two Egyptian tourism police killed in rare attack near pyramids
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two members of Egypt’s tourism and antiquities police force on a road near the Giza pyramids on Wednesday, security sources said, in a rare attack near a tourist site.
BBC says sorry after tweets suggest UK queen hospitalized
LONDON (Reuters) – The BBC apologized on Wednesday after a journalist erroneously posted a Twitter message saying Britain’s Queen Elizabeth had been taken to hospital after falling ill.
Bangladesh academics get death threats from extremist group
DHAKA (Reuters) – Death threats to academics in Bangladesh, including the junior home minister, are fuelling a climate of fear following the killings this year of three online critics of religious nationalism in the Muslim-majority nation.
Russian rights group says masked men raid its Chechnya office
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Masked men, some wielding hammers, stormed the office of a human rights organization in the southern Russian region of Chechnya on Wednesday during a protest against its work, the group said.
Thai army general denies human trafficking charges: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A three-star Thai army general has denied charges against him for offences related to human trafficking, Thailand’s police chief said, the latest in a series of arrests aimed at stamping out people smuggling.
U.S. envoy: Islamic State risks becoming global menace
DOHA (Reuters) – A senior U.S. envoy said on Wednesday the growth of the Islamic State militant group had global implications and could “wreak havoc on the progress of humanity” if unchecked.
