Syrian army in swift advance near Aleppo, blocks road – monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army backed by allied militia has captured several villages north of Aleppo from insurgents and fighting has blocked a main supply route leading into the northern city, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
India’s Modi vows to protect all religious minorities
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Tuesday to protect all religious groups, an apparent response to a series of attacks on Christian institutions in New Delhi fuelling concerns that minorities are being targeted by Hindu…
China orders compensation to acquitted death row prisoner
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China’s southern city of Fuzhou ordered compensation of 1.14 million yuan ($182,000) to a former death row prisoner who was acquitted on charges of poisoning two children, state media said on Tuesday.
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”.
Police find no explosives after alert at Copenhagen cafe
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police said they found no explosives in a suspect package left outside a Copenhagen cafe on Tuesday, the scene of a fatal shooting three days earlier at an event promoting free speech.
Proposed South Africa ban on foreign land ownership aimed at farms: minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African government proposal to ban foreign nationals from owning land will apply to farms, not residential property, a government minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Thailand fails to tackle human trafficking and abuse: rights group
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thailand’s efforts to combat human trafficking in its multi-billion dollar fishing industry have been “wholly inadequate”, and it has failed to end officials’ involvement in trafficking and labor abuses, a rights …
Sri Lanka minister to make first China visit post election
BEIJING (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister will visit China next week in the highest-level trip to Beijing by a member of the new government, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, as China seeks to ensure the safety of its investments the…
Indonesia delays transfer of two Australian drug offenders for execution
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has postponed the transfer of five convicts, two Australian drug offenders among them, to another prison for execution, prompted by medical concerns and families’ requests for more time with the prisoners, authorities said…
China says thousands forced to flee Myanmar fighting
BEIJING (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been forced to flee Myanmar into the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan following fighting between Myanmar’s army and insurgents, the Chinese government said, repeating a call for restraint.
