Detained China rights lawyer facing ‘inhuman torment’, wife says
BEIJING (Reuters) – A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release.
China lodges protest after Obama approves Taiwan frigate sale
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Friday it had lodged a protest with the United States after President Barack Obama signed into law legislation authorizing the sale of up to four Perry-class guided missile frigates to Taiwan.
U.S. backed talks with ISIS over American hostage: newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. counter-terrorism officials backed negotiations with two prominent jihadi clerics in a failed attempt to save the life of an American hostage who was later beheaded by Islamic State militants, the Guardian newspaper reported on …
In dealings with the West, Erdogan holds all the cards
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s tightening grip on power is likely to meet little more than symbolic resistance from the West next year, as Turkey’s G20 presidency and the fight against Islamic State trump concerns about a slide towards…
China jails captain for deadly plane crash
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court has jailed for three years the captain of a plane that crashed four years ago killing 44 people after finding him guilty of negligence, state media reported on Friday.
U.S. Marine in Philippine murder case makes first court appearance
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – A United States Marine accused of killing a transgender Filipino appeared in a Philippine court for the first time on Friday, as his lawyers sought the suspension of the trial, in a case that could test the streng…
As U.S. eases hostilities, Cuba faces new challenge
HAVANA (Reuters) – For decades, it was Cuba’s first response to criticism.
China’s top judge urges swift, severe sentences in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – China must crack down “harshly and quickly” on cases involving terror attacks, national security and social stability in its restive region of Xinjiang, the country’s top judge said, in comments likely to further worry rights groups…
China to set up satellite, radar network to strengthen maritime power
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will set up an offshore observation network, including satellite and radar stations, to strengthen the country’s maritime power, the official China Daily reported on Friday, in a move that could exacerbate tensions in the regi…
South Korea court orders breakup of left-wing party
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday to disband a minority left-wing party accused of pro-North Korea activities that it said violated the basic principles of free democracy and stripped its five members of parliament of…
