Germany drops war crimes case against former SS soldier due to dementia
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany will not prosecute a former Nazi SS soldier who allegedly helped kill more than 300 people in Italy during World War Two because he has dementia and is unfit to stand trial, prosecutors said on Thursday.
India’s Modi to perform yoga at mass public event
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform yoga at a public event next month, part of his international drive to increase participation in the ancient Indian discipline.Modi will practice physical poses and breathing control…
Pentagon chief urges end to island-building in South China Sea
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on Wednesday for an immediate end to island-building by China and other countries near the South China Sea, urging the participants to stop militarizing the dispute and find a pe…
French FM to head Israel, Egypt in June to revive peace process
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Thursday he would travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories in June to try to revive the peace process and persuade all sides to accept a French U.N. Security Council resolution that would set …
Thai protest leaders handed prison terms – and freed on bail
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Six prominent Thai anti-government protest leaders were sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for storming the prime minister’s office during a 2008 rally – and then released on bail to allow for appeals.
All at sea: Australia’s search for MH370 under scrutiny
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Nearly a year after embarking on a multi-million dollar quest to solve one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries, authorities and search teams are being criticised over their approach to finding Flight MH370 in the remote souther…
Italy’s Renzi faces election test as scandals overshadow vote
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi goes into elections this weekend hoping nascent signs of economic recovery after years of recession will outweigh a corruption scandal that has dogged one of the main candidates of his centre-left De…
China cybersecurity plan aims to protect state secrets: official paper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will prepare a five-year cybersecurity plan to protect state secrets and data, the official China Daily said on Thursday, citing a senior official of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Iran, North Korea forging ballistic, nuclear ties: dissidents
PARIS (Reuters) – An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Thursday a delegation of North Korean experts in nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles visited a military site near Tehran in April amid talks between world powers and Iran over its nuclear…
Ex-Guantanamo inmate Khadr uncertain about firefight memory: paper
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Omar Khadr, who was once the youngest prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, is unsure about his memory of a firefight that led to his murder conviction by a U.S. military tribunal, according to an interview published on Wednesday.
