Central Asian migrants feel the pain of Russia’s economic downturn
DUSHANBE/BISHKEK (Reuters) – Vali Salimov quit his job at a Moscow supermarket last month after his salary was halved, and returned home to Tajikistan another migrant victim of Russia’s economic downturn whose family livelihood now looks precarious.
Taiwan president gives up party post as KMT in crisis after polls
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s president on Tuesday said he was stepping down as chairman of the ruling party in a widely expected move that comes after the Kuomintang was trounced in local elections on the weekend.
Iran says documents on alleged atom bomb research are full of mistakes
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran said it has provided evidence to the United Nations atomic agency showing that documents on suspected nuclear bomb research by the country were forged and riddled with errors.
U.S. lobbies Qatar over couple in child death case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. officials have been in contact with Qatar’s government to ask them to allow a Los Angeles couple to return home after an appeals court threw out convictions linked to the death of their African-born adopted daughter, a Stat…
Immigrant detention centers under scrutiny in Japan after fourth death
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities are investigating the death of a Sri Lankan man at an immigration detention center in Tokyo, the fourth such case in just over a year, amid criticism the facilities are overcrowded and understaffed.
Three turn themselves in as probe involving Thai princess’s kin widens
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two Thai army officers and a civilian have answered a police summons, police said, in a widening corruption investigation that has also led to the arrest of high-ranking policemen and relatives of Princess Srirasmi, the wife of the …
Iraqi government reaches deal with Kurds on oil, budget
ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s government reached a formal agreement on Tuesday with Kurdish regional authorities to end a protracted dispute over oil exports and budget payments to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
Egypt’s public prosecutor appeals Mubarak verdict, cites flaws
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday he had appealed against a court decision to drop charges against former president Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides over the killing of protesters in a 2011 uprising.
Weather hampers search for 50 missing after S.Korea ship sinks off Russia
SEOUL (Reuters) – More than 50 people remain missing a day after a South Korean fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Chukotka region as severe weather conditions hampered a rescue operation, officials said on Tues…
Afghan projects, officials in limbo with delay of cabinet
KAREZMIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Kabul, contractor Saif-ul Rahman Sherzad overlooks a half-finished road leading to Afghanistan’s north and pronounces much of the $5 million spent on it a waste.
