After nun rape, India cardinal says protect humans, not just cows
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The head of India’s Catholic bishops, speaking out after a nun was raped in the east of the country last week, has said the country should be as concerned about the welfare of its people as it is about its cows.
After nun rape, India cardinal says protect humans, not just cows
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The head of India’s Catholic bishops, speaking out after a nun was raped in the east of the country last week, has said the country should be as concerned about the welfare of its people as it is about its cows.
Kuwait drops court case over ‘plot’ tape
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s public prosecutor has dropped an inquiry into a complaint over a recording suggesting that prominent figures were involved in a plot to overthrow the Gulf state’s ruling system, ruling the tape was bogus, the state news agen…
Maldives ex-president’s trial was flawed: U.N. rights chief
GENEVA (Reuters) – The jailing of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed for 13 years last week followed a trial marked by “flagrant irregularities,” the U.N. high commissioner for human rights said on Wednesday.
U.S., Iran focus on technical details in nuclear talks
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – American and Iranian nuclear experts homed in on the technical details of a possible framework agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program in a fresh round of talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Wednesday.
Palestinian court upholds decree stripping Abbas rival of immunity
RAMALLAH (Reuters) – The Palestinian High Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Mohammed Dahlan, a potential rival to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, against a presidential decree stripping him of parliamentary immunity.
South Sudan’s Kiir shrugs off U.N. threat of sanctions
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday dismissed the threat of U.N. sanctions after the Security Council passed a resolution this month that set up a framework for introducing punitive measures.
Kuwait detains political activist over tweets against Saudi Arabia
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait arrested an opposition activist on suspicion of insulting Saudi Arabia on his Twitter account, the state news agency KUNA reported, extending a crackdown on social media.
Threatened U.N. rights envoy confident Myanmar will protect her
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator said on Wednesday she expects Myanmar to guarantee her security, despite failing to censure a radical Buddhist monk who called her a “whore” and incited his followers against her.
Egyptian security forces charged over killing of Brotherhood member, protester
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian policeman was charged on Wednesday with murdering a suspected Muslim Brotherhood member and two members of the security forces with concealing evidence in the death of a protester, judicial and security sources said.
