China censures 11 officials over Shanghai New Year stampede
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has punished 11 Shanghai officials for failing to prevent a New Year’s Eve stampede that killed 36 people, injured dozens and dented the image of the country’s most cosmopolitan and best-managed city.
An impasse in Paris, a gamble in Athens: how Greece returned to crisis
ATHENS (Reuters) – After four years of economic sacrifices, Greece bet it could agree an early end to its international bailout. Instead a stand off with creditors in a Paris townhouse led to new political uncertainty and another euro zone storm.
Turkish parliament votes against corruption trial for ex-ministers
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish parliament voted on Wednesday not to send to trial four former ministers accused of wrongdoing in a corruption investigation, in a boost to President Tayyip Erdogan who cast the graft scandal as a plot to undermine his ru…
Houthi display of force challenges embattled Yemen leader
SANAA (Reuters) – Houthi fighters battled guards at the Yemeni president’s private home and entered his palace on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a turbulent campaign for more political power that has enfeebled state authority and thrown the Arab state …
Yemen’s al Qaeda renews calls for lone-wolf attacks in West
RIYADH (Reuters) – Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, an official with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), based in Yemen, has urged Muslims to carry out lone-wolf strikes in Western countries two weeks after his group said it was behind the Paris attacks, …
Protests not over at Australian detention center: activists
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A protest by hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian detention center in Papua New Guinea, where some had sewn their lips shut in protest, had not ended despite government statements to the contrary, rights advocates said on Wedn…
French newspaper ‘Le Monde’ says Twitter account hacked
(Reuters) – French newspaper “Le Monde” said its twitter account and publishing tool were hacked by a group called the “Syrian Electronic Army”, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Mexico says expects kingpin extradition request from U.S. soon
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s attorney general said on Tuesday he expects the United States to submit an extradition request soon for drug lord Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, who was Mexico’s most wanted man until his capture last February.
Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army commander transferred to ICC in The Hague
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A commander of the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) wanted for war crimes was transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Tuesday, a move welcomed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the U.N. Security Council.
Japan says jets scrambling at record pace to counter Chinese, Russian intrusions
TOKYO (Reuters) – (This January 20 story was corrected to say three quarters instead of three months in sixth paragraph)
