Former South Korea spy chief gets jail for election meddling
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former head of the national spy agency to three years in jail on Monday for meddling in the 2012 presidential election and helping Park Geun-hye win the vote.
Two bombs in Baghdad kill 15 civilians: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in two bombings in and around Baghdad on Monday, police and medical sources said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks to hit the Iraqi capital in the last two weeks.
East Timor to decide on new prime minister this week
DILI (Reuters) – East Timor’s president is expected to decide on a new prime minister by the end of this week after accepting the resignation of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, the government said in a statement on Monday.
Israeli parties hunt ‘caviar vote’ before March election
ASHKELON, Israel (Reuters) – In this seaside city once ruled by the Greeks and Phoenicians but now largely populated by Russians, the talk in the caviar-stocked delis and jewelry stores is of upcoming elections and Israel’s powerful Russian vote.
Bruised Australian PM Abbott survives leadership challenge
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a challenge to his leadership on Monday after his ruling Liberal Party voted down a motion to unseat him after weeks of infighting, but the attempted revolt appears likely to weaken his …
Skepticism, confusion over Australia submarine tender pledge
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Officials in Australia and Japan on Monday expressed scepticism and confusion over a pledge by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to give an Australian state-owned shipbuilder the option to tender for a major submarine contract, heightening …
China court gives out new death penalty after wrongful execution
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China sentenced a man to death on Monday for crimes including the murder and rape of a woman in 1996 which another person was wrongly executed for before being exonerated last year, state media reported.
Twenty-two people killed outside Cairo soccer stadium
CAIRO (Reuters) – Twenty-two people were killed outside an Egyptian soccer stadium on Sunday when security forces barred fans from entering, the public prosecutor’s office said.
TransAsia pilots face test on dealing with engine failure
TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Pilots at Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways are being tested on how they handle an engine failure and subsequent emergency, days after the fatal crash of one of the airline’s ATR 72-600s, an official from the country’s aviation re…
HIV-positive migrants denied care at Thai public hospitals
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Zaw, an illegal Burmese migrant dying of AIDS-related illnesses, spent a weekend hunched over in waiting rooms at three Thai hospitals near Bangkok – each denying him care as he gasped for breath, his lungs full of fluid.
