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.
Cameron’s idea of Europe is far from ours: Germany’s Gabriel
PARIS (Reuters) – German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel hit out at British Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans for European Union reform on Wednesday, saying his vision of Europe was better suited to corporate interests than to people.
