China slates environment ministry after graft probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s main anti-graft body reprimanded the environment ministry on Tuesday for a series of problems, including interference by ministry officials and their relatives in environmental impact assessments.
Wartime raids haunt Dresden, cradle of German anti-Islam group
DRESDEN (Reuters) – Seventy years have passed since Allied bombing raids killed 25,000 people and laid to waste its Baroque churches and palaces but resentment still lingers in Dresden, providing fertile soil for far-right and anti-Muslim groups.
Malaysia’s Anwar jailed for five years after losing appeal in sodomy trial
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s highest court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a sodomy conviction, sending the politician who poses the greatest threat to the long-ruling coalition back to prison for five ye…
East Timor president picks former health minister Araujo as new PM
DILI (Reuters) – East Timor’s president has picked a former health minister, Rui Araujo, as the new prime minister, the government said on Tuesday.
India’s ruling party trounced in Delhi in big blow for Modi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An upstart anti-establishment party crushed India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in a Delhi state election on Tuesday, smashing an aura of invincibility built around Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he swept to power last year….
Russia to pursue independent foreign policy despite pressure: Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would pursue an independent foreign policy despite pressure in what he called “today’s challenging international environment”.
Five blasts in Egypt’s Alexandria wound 10: interior ministry
ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants bombed three police stations in Egypt’s second city Alexandria on Tuesday, wounding 10 people, and also targeted two other locations, an interior ministry official said.
China worried as Myanmar fighting pushes refugees across border
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s expressed concern on Tuesday about renewed fighting between Myanmar rebels and government forces which forced civilians to cross the border to seek refuge in China.
Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed in the east: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 23 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Tuesday.
Swedish, Palestinian leaders to meet after row with Israel
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Sweden’s new prime minister on Tuesday to further international support for his cause after the Nordic state infuriated Israel when it became the first major European country to recognize Palestin…
