China jails businesswoman in railway graft case for 20 years
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China sentenced a well-known businesswoman to 20 years in jail for corruption on Tuesday, saying the woman with ties to a disgraced former railways minister was guilty of bribery and illegally running a business.
British embassy in Cairo re-opens after nine-day hiatus
CAIRO (Reuters) – The British Embassy in Cairo re-opened on Tuesday after suspending public services nine days ago for security reasons, the embassy said in a statement.
Zurich airport re-opens after being partly shut by unspecified threat
ZURICH (Reuters) – Zurich airport has re-opened after it was partly closed for several hours on Monday evening because of an unspecified threat, authorities said.
Women feel no safer in Delhi, two years after notorious gang rape
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On a cold, rainy Sunday night, two policemen in khaki uniforms and fluorescent yellow jackets stand among commuters at a bus shelter in the Indian capital, occasionally stepping out to stop passing buses and cli…
Russia carried out snap military drills in Kaliningrad region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region earlier this month, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank clash
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian during an arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the military and Palestinian witnesses said.
Journalist murders in Syria a shocking new trend: press freedom report
PARIS (Reuters) – The beheading of journalists by Islamist militants in Syria this year showed that reporters face a dangerous new threat, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday.
Female fighters battle for freedom and equality in Syria: TRFN
TIL KOCHER, Syria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Every night before 27-year-old Arin goes to bed, she hangs her Makarov, a Russian semi-automatic pistol, from a steel coat rack by the entrance to her one-bedroom apartment in a small, dusty town on the …
Nine FARC members killed by army raid in Colombian jungle
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Nine members of leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas were killed on Monday in an aerial bomb attack by the Colombian army and in clashes with troops in a southeastern jungle region, President Juan Manuel Santos w…
Australia’s foreign affairs dept evacuated over suspicious package: police
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the capital, Canberra, was evacuated on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found in the building’s canteen, police said.
