Five bombs explode in Cairo, one killed, five wounded
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed and five others including policemen were wounded when five bombs exploded in Cairo on Thursday, security sources said.
Myanmar military wins rare praise in war with ethnic Chinese rebels
YANGON (Reuters) – Fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic Chinese rebels has handed the long-feared military a public relations coup, with an explosion of praise on social media and even former political prisoners expressing grudging support.
French lawmaker faces party sanctions for Syria trip
PARIS (Reuters) – A French lawmaker who went to Damascus for the first talks with Syrian officials since the 2012 closure of France’s embassy there faces possible ejection from the ruling Socialist Party, its chairman said on Thursday.
U.S. warns citizens of threat against malls in Jordan
AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Amman has warned its citizens to avoid upscale shopping malls in the Jordanian capital, saying it had received what it called credible information that they could be targeted by militants.
Avalanches kill 186 in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – More than 180 people have been killed in north Afghanistan in some of the worst avalanches there for 30 years, officials said on Thursday, with heavy snow set to last for two more days after an unusually dry winter led to fears of dro…
Reunions and ransoms: a day online in Myanmar’s Rohingya camps
THAE CHAUNG, Myanmar (Reuters) – In this teeming camp for displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, it’s easy to overlook the internet huts. The raw emotion they generate is much harder to ignore.
Australian PM strikes conciliatory note over Indonesia executions
SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott struck a conciliatory tone on Thursday after speaking with Indonesian President Joko Widodo about the looming execution of two convicted Australian drug traffickers.
Four years after Egypt uprising, patronage politics dominate again
SADAT CITY, Egypt (Reuters) – How much is a vote worth? In Egypt’s Sadat City – a sprawling, industrial center filled with the young and unemployed – it costs the same as it did under Hosni Mubarak: blankets, sacks of fertilizer and affordable healthca…
South Korean condom stock surges after court says adultery not a crime
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s highest court struck down a decades-old law banning adultery, a statute that critics said is anachronistic and infringes on personal freedom, sending shares in the country’s biggest condom maker surging.
China’s top court unveils deadlines for legal reform
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top court set a five-year deadline on Thursday for legal reforms to protect the rights of individuals, prevent miscarriages of justice and make its judiciary more professional as the ruling Communist Party seeks to quell pub…
