Dutch businessman behind horsemeat scandal gets two and a half years’ jail
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The businessman at the center of a Europe-wide fraud in which falsely labeled horsemeat led to thousands of tonnes of meat being recalled was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Tuesday.
Twitter and Facebook vow to challenge Turkey over ban
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Twitter and Facebook have vowed to fight a Turkish ban that briefly blocked access to social media sites this week, a clampdown critics said was further evidence of Ankara’s growing authoritarianism.
Philippines, U.S. exercises near disputed sea not ‘show of force’
MANILA (Reuters) – About 11,500 U.S. and Philippine troops will take part in annual military exercises this month near disputed waters in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said on Tuesday, while denying the drills were a show of force to Chi…
No Rafale sale announcement before Indian PM visit to France: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said there will be no news on the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for a state visit to France.
China peeved as Hillary Clinton denounces women’s detention
BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on other countries on Tuesday to respect its judicial sovereignty after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced as “inexcusable” the detention of five women activists.
Four killed in insurgency-hit Thai south were not rebels: team
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai security forces killed four innocent Muslim men in a raid in the south of the country last month, an investigating team said on Tuesday, dismissing army assertions they were rebels.
Turkish court acquits remaining military officers over alleged coup plot
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted the last 62 military officers jailed over an alleged 2003 plot to oust then-prime minister Tayyip Erdogan, after the judge ruled some of the digital evidence as inadmissible, a defence lawyer sa…
Polish radio says crew distracted before 2010 Smolensk plane crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – In the minutes before a 2010 plane crash that killed Poland’s president, members of the president’s entourage urged the crew to land despite thick fog, according to what a radio station said was a leaked transcript of cockpit convers…
Muslim rebels say hardliners would gain if peace process stalls
MANILA (Reuters) – The largest Muslim guerrilla group in the Philippines warned on Tuesday that hardliners would stand to gain if legislators failed to pass a law granting Muslims autonomy as part of a peace deal under threat because of recent fighting…
Yemeni fighters attack Houthis as aid flights delayed
ADEN (Reuters) – Southern Yemeni militias backed by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked Houthi fighters across several provinces in south Yemen on Monday, driving the Shi’ite rebel forces from some of their positions, witnesses and militia so…
