Of $5.4 billion pledged for Gaza, only a fraction delivered
GAZA (Reuters) – Two months after donors pledged $5.4 billion to help rebuild Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas, Palestinian, U.N. and other officials say barely 2 percent of the money has been transferred.
One million people wounded, diseases spreading in Syria: WHO
BEIRUT (Reuters) – One million people have been wounded during Syria’s civil war and diseases are spreading as regular supplies of medicine fail to reach patients, the World Health Organization’s Syria representative said.
Pakistan to challenge bail for Mumbai attack ‘mastermind’
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani prosecutors are to appeal against a court decision to grant bail to a man accused of plotting a 2008 militant assault in India’s financial capital that killed 166 people and seriously strained ties between the nuclear-ar…
Man drives car into headquarters of Spain’s ruling party
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish businessman drove a car containing gas cylinders into the headquarters of Spain’s ruling People’s Party on Friday, triggering a major police alert, official spokesmen said.
Detained China rights lawyer facing ‘inhuman torment’, wife says
BEIJING (Reuters) – A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release.
China lodges protest after Obama approves Taiwan frigate sale
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Friday it had lodged a protest with the United States after President Barack Obama signed into law legislation authorizing the sale of up to four Perry-class guided missile frigates to Taiwan.
U.S. backed talks with ISIS over American hostage: newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. counter-terrorism officials backed negotiations with two prominent jihadi clerics in a failed attempt to save the life of an American hostage who was later beheaded by Islamic State militants, the Guardian newspaper reported on …
In dealings with the West, Erdogan holds all the cards
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s tightening grip on power is likely to meet little more than symbolic resistance from the West next year, as Turkey’s G20 presidency and the fight against Islamic State trump concerns about a slide towards…
China jails captain for deadly plane crash
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court has jailed for three years the captain of a plane that crashed four years ago killing 44 people after finding him guilty of negligence, state media reported on Friday.
U.S. Marine in Philippine murder case makes first court appearance
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – A United States Marine accused of killing a transgender Filipino appeared in a Philippine court for the first time on Friday, as his lawyers sought the suspension of the trial, in a case that could test the streng…
