Chinese court sentences ex-mayor of Nanjing for corruption
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese court sentenced a former mayor of Nanjing to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for accepting bribes, the latest senior official to be jailed in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping campaign against graft.
Militants in Malaysia planned raids for guns, attacks in capital: police
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Suspected militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) had planned to raid Malaysian army camps and police stations to seize weapons and to attack “strategic locations” in the capital, Malaysia’s police chief said on Tuesday.
Militants in Malaysia planned raids for guns, attacks in capital: police
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Suspected militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) had planned to raid Malaysian army camps and police stations to seize weapons and to attack “strategic locations” in the capital, Malaysia’s police chief said on Tuesday.
Russian PM’s visit a boost for Thais, focus on trade, tourists
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Thailand on Tuesday for a visit aimed at expanding trade and the ruling military will be keen to highlight international support nearly a year after it ousted an elected government.
China urges creation of conditions to resume Korea nuclear talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – All parties involved in talks about North Korea’s nuclear program need to meet each other half way and address each other’s concerns to create conditions to resume negotiations, China’s foreign minister said.
One reported dead after pollution protest in northern China
BEIJING (Reuters) – One person died and 50 were arrested after some 2,000 police, using rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons, put down a protest by villagers against pollution from a chemical plant in China’s Inner Mongolia, an overseas human rig…
U.S. says Iran sanctions face phase-out, Obama knocks Israel demand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States made clear on Monday that sanctions on Iran would have to be phased out gradually under a nuclear pact and President Barack Obama poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a deal be predicated on Tehran recogn…
Blackmail and abuse: Gay sex ban in India stirs violence
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Rajan was followed by two men into a public toilet in Mumbai and forced to perform oral sex on them, the 31-year-old gay marketing professional realized this was the beginning of the end of his short-lived …
Blackmail and abuse: Gay sex ban in India stirs violence
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Rajan was followed by two men into a public toilet in Mumbai and forced to perform oral sex on them, the 31-year-old gay marketing professional realized this was the beginning of the end of his short-lived …
U.N. Security Council mulls how to help Syria’s Yarmouk civilians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council said on Monday it would look at how to help some 18,000 Palestinian refugees and Syrian civilians in a camp largely taken over by Islamic State as a top U.N. official suggested it consider …
