China and Turkey fall behind in global corruption index
BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkey and China’s rating on perceived corruption has fallen steeply, according to Transparency International (TI), and the global watchdog called for closer international cooperation to root out graft and abuses of power.
Indian forces kill 6 militants crossing into Kashmir to disrupt vote
HANDWARA, India (Reuters) – Soldiers killed six militants near the border with Pakistan in the Indian state of Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday, in the biggest single-day shootouts in months at the heavily militarized border.
Cyprus president has heart surgery, operation a success: government
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has undergone successful heart surgery in the United States, the island’s government said on Wednesday.
Rattled by Chinese submarines, India joins other nations in rebuilding fleet
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is speeding up a navy modernization program and leaning on its neighbors to curb Chinese submarine activity in the Indian Ocean, as nations in the region become increasingly jittery over Beijing’s growing undersea prowess.
Bhopal demands justice 30 years after deadliest industrial disaster: TRFN
BHOPAL, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of people marched through the central Indian city of Bhopal late Tuesday, waving flaming torches to commemorate the thousands who perished in the world’s deadliest industrial disaster and demanding …
Egyptian court sentences 185 to death for attack on police
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian judge sentenced 185 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death on Tuesday over an attack on a police station near Cairo last year in which 12 policemen were killed.
Hong Kong Occupy founders tell students to retreat amid fears of violence
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The founders of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central civil disobedience movement on Tuesday called on pro-democracy activists to retreat from the city center over fears of violence, just hours after a student leader had called on supporters…
Conflict, militancy hit human rights in Middle East, African nations: TRFN
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syria was bottom and Ukraine had the biggest slide in a human rights index published on Wednesday, as countries suffering from conflict grappled with human trafficking and other rights violations.
Netanyahu seeks early election, fires top ministers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his finance and justice ministers on Tuesday, signaling the break up of his bickering coalition and opening the way for early national elections in Israel.
Rattled by Chinese submarines, India joins other nations in rebuilding fleet
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is speeding up a navy modernization program and leaning on its neighbors to curb Chinese submarine activity in the Indian Ocean, as nations in the region become increasingly jittery over Beijing’s growing undersea prowess.
