Shi’ite militias expand influence, redraw map in central Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Behind black gates and high walls, Iraqi national security agents watch 200 women and children.
Gambia president returns home after reports of attempted coup
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh arrived back in Banjul on Wednesday, official sources said, one day after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace and the government denied media reports of a coup attempt.
China promotes governor of troubled Xinjiang to top energy post
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has promoted the ethnic Uighur governor of the troubled far western region of Xinjiang to the country’s top energy policy body, Chinese media reported on Wednesday, but left unclear who would replace him.
U.S. condemns Cuba’s ‘practice of repressing’ after activists detained
HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned what it called Cuba’s practice of repression following the detention of several activists, in the first major test of President Barack Obama’s policy shift toward normalizing relations with th…
China sacks officials for factory blast, 17 dead in latest incident
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s government has sacked two senior officials over an explosion at a car parts factory in August that killed 146, the country’s worst industrial accident this year, state media reported.
U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of prisoner transfers aime…
Mudslides, flash floods kill at least 53 in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Flash floods and mudslides have killed at least 53 people in the central and southern Philippines, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday, after days of heavy rains that have also hit neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Parents of wrongfully executed teen in China to get $330,000
BEIJING (Reuters) – The parents of a Chinese teenager executed 18 years ago for the rape and murder of a woman he did not commit will get 2.05 million yuan ($330,491) in compensation, a court and his father said on Wednesday.
China’s homemade regional jet gets license to fly: China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s homemade ARJ-21 airplane has received permission to fly from the country’s civil aviation regulator, the official China Daily reported Wednesday, after years of delays due to technical shortcomings.
Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media reported.
