France steps up monitoring of cash payments to fight ‘low-cost terrorism’
PARIS (Reuters) – France will step up monitoring of cash payments, withdrawals and small bank accounts to better fight against the financing of terrorism, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Wednesday.
Indonesia unlikely to execute drug convicts for weeks or months: VP Kalla
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is not likely to execute a group of death row convicts, mostly foreigners, for weeks or even months, until its courts decide on their last-minute legal appeals, Vice President Jusuf Kalla told Reuters on Wednesday.
South Korea business officials visit factory park to protest North’s wage rises
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – A group of South Korean businessmen on Wednesday visited an industrial park Seoul runs jointly with Pyongyang to protest North Korea’s decision to increase wages paid to workers there, the latest in a series of spats over …
EU confirms March 20 for Ukraine-Russia gas talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission confirmed on Wednesday that Brussels would host talks on Friday with Ukraine and Russian officials to discuss Russian gas supplies to Ukraine.
Three Iraqis dead in explosion near Kuwaiti border – Kuwaiti news agency
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Three Iraqis were killed on Wednesday when a booby-trapped truck exploded in Iraq near the border with Kuwait, Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.
Vietnam calls for ‘self-restraint’ in disputed South China Sea
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Vietnam and Australia called on Wednesday for “self-restraint” in the South China Sea and warned against the unilateral use of force, an obvious reference to China’s increasingly aggressive presence that has stirred concerns across t…
U.S. seeks negotiated settlement in Syria that excludes Assad: envoy
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States still wants a negotiated political settlement in Syria that excludes President Bashar al-Assad, and its position on the Syrian leader has not changed, top U.S. envoy John Allen told Turkish officials late on Tuesd…
Pakistan death row convict’s family makes emotional plea for mercy
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – The family of a Pakistani man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged made heartrending appeals to the government on Wednesday, complaining of a flawed justice system that allowed months of torture to extr…
Thai lawyers call for investigation of bomb suspects’ complaints
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A group of Thai lawyers called on Wednesday for an investigation into allegations that four suspects held over a Bangkok bomb attack were tortured while in police custody.
Seven killed in Helmand blast amid Afghan forces offensive
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and 20 wounded on Wednesday when a truck exploded outside the governor’s compound in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, officials said, amid a major operation by Afghan forces to clear…
