Chinese bus accident kills 22, injures 38
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Twenty two people were killed and 38 injured in a bus accident in China’s Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
Yemen ex-president amassed up to $60 billion, colluded with rebels: U.N. experts
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is suspected of corruptly amassing as much as $60 billion, equivalent to Yemen’s annual GDP, during his long rule, and colluding in a militia takeover last year, U.N.-appointed investigators have…
In Damascus suburb, more security, but also more hardship
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – This winter is more peaceful than last for the people of Jaramana, a Syrian town on the Damascus outskirts that has been spared rebel bombardment since the army drove insurgents from a nearby settlement last year.
U.S. military trains African armies ahead of Boko Haram campaign
MAO, Chad (Reuters) – Under the glare of the Saharan sun, a U.S. special forces trainer corrects the aim of a Chadian soldier as he takes cover behind a Toyota pick-up and fires at a target with his AK47 — a drill that could soon save his life.
Japan education minister may have received illegal funds: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s education minister possibly received illegal funds, a weekly magazine said in a report to be published on Thursday, just days after the farm minister resigned over similar allegations.
U.S.-led coalition stages 15 airstrikes against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its partner nations launched 15 strikes against Islamic State since early Tuesday, the Combined Joint Task Force said.
Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 150 Christians
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian activists said on Tuesday.
Pope Francis’ Mexico remark not meant to offend, Vatican says
ROME (Reuters) – A remark by Pope Francis to the effect that he hoped his homeland Argentina could avoid “Mexicanization” was not intended to offend Mexicans or to undervalue the government’s efforts to fight drug trafficking, the Vatican said on Wedne…
Few UK Muslims have sympathy for Paris attack motives, most oppose violence: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – One in four British Muslims say they have some sympathy with the motives behind the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo but the vast majority think attacks on those who publish images of the Prophet Mohammad are wrong, …
China ejects spy chief from group of advisers: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has dropped one of its espionage chiefs from a high-profile panel of advisers, official news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, after the ruling Communist Party announced he was being investigated for corruption.
