Chief suspect in Thai graft probe is princess’s uncle: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Thursday the chief suspect in a high-profile corruption scandal is the uncle of Princess Srirasmi, who is married to Thailand’s heir apparent, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.
‘Victory’ as Kenya police jail child rapists after court order
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two men have been jailed for gang raping children after Kenya’s high court ordered the police to re-open 10 cases where officers had yelled at, demanded bribes from and even locked up girls who tried to report rap…
UAE police arrest woman on suspicion of killing U.S. teacher
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) police have arrested a UAE woman suspected of killing of an American teacher found stabbed to death in a toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall, police said on Thursday.
Vatican finds hundreds of millions of euros ‘tucked away’: cardinal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican’s economy minister has said hundreds of millions of euros were found “tucked away” in accounts of various Holy See departments without having appeared in the city-state’s balance sheets.
While diplomats fret, Burkina backs military to drive reform agenda
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – When Colonel Isaac Zida swapped his military fatigues for a blue suit to chair his first cabinet meeting as prime minister of Burkina Faso, his intended audience may have been the West and its African allies.
British Conservative lawmaker arrested on suspicion of rape
LONDON (Reuters) – Mark Pritchard, a British lawmaker from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to official parliamentary records and police.
Exclusive: Saudi suspends aid to Yemen after Houthi takeover – sources
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has suspended most of its financial aid to Yemen, Yemeni and Western sources said, in a clear indication of its dissatisfaction with the growing political power of Shi’ite Houthi fighters friendly with Riyadh’s regional r…
India to press G20 for deadline to cut remittance costs: sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will press the Group of 20 economies to set a two-year deadline to reduce the cost of international money transfers, two government sources said, potentially saving more than $20 billion for developing countries.
New group of Iraqi peshmergas enters Syrian Kurdish town
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A second group of 150 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces has entered the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey to replace a first group helping Kurdish forces fight off a siege by Islamic State militants, peshmerga sources…
Hong Kong student protesters consider pulling up stakes
HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of the main student groups leading pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong said on Thursday it was considering ending more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city.
