Philippine rescuers struggle to reach villages after typhoon ‘folded homes like paper’
DOLORES, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine emergency workers were struggling on Tuesday to reach coastal villages on an island hardest hit by a typhoon where thousands of homes have been wrecked by powerful winds and a storm surge rising three to four…
Islamic State in Syria beheads man for blasphemy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The militant Islamic State group beheaded a man in northern Syria after accusing him of blasphemy, a militant website and a rights group said on Tuesday.
South African prosecutor appeals Pistorius verdict
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African prosecutors appealed on Tuesday against the culpable homicide verdict and five-year prison term imposed on athlete Oscar Pistorius for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, saying it was “shockingly inappropr…
Korean Air says executive involved in cabin incident resigns
SEOUL (Reuters) – A Korean Air Lines Co executive has resigned, the airline said on Tuesday, after causing a plane being pushed back from a gate to return in order to expel a flight attendant.
Stockholm international airport partially closed after bomb threat
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish police evacuated several parts of Stockholm’s Arlanda international airport after a bomb threat, police said on Tuesday.
China releases one of its longest-serving political prisoners, relative says
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, the ethnic Mongol dissident Hada, who has spent much of the last two decades behind bars, his uncle said on Tuesday.
Blast near Manama kills Bahraini, wounds expatriate: interior ministry
MANAMA (Reuters) – An explosion killed a Bahraini citizen and wounded an expatriate man on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said on its Twitter account, in the second fatal attack in the Gulf Arab state in two days.
Turkish soldier shoots two colleagues then self on Syria border: official
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – A Turkish soldier on duty on the border with Syria shot dead two of his colleagues then killed himself late on Monday, the governor of the southern province of Sanliurfa said, dismissing suggestions they had been killed by cross-…
Anti-EU party UKIP fends off sex harassment allegations in UK
LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent female member of Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) has accused its general secretary of sexual harassment five months before a national election, prompting the party to suspend him pending an investigation.
With or without Mugabe, Zimbabwe still hostage to nationalism
HARARE (Reuters) – When veteran Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe sacked his vice-president in front of 12,000 baying party members last week, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.
