Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media reported.
Mexico questions 37 over shootout in troubled western state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A chief suspect in a gunfight in western Mexico that killed 11 people turned himself in for questioning on Wednesday as the government struggles to impose order in a violent state it claims to have pacified.
Palestinian draft resolution fails in U.N. council, U.S. votes against
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017.
Journalists’ killings rise to 118 in 2014, press group says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 the year before, the International Federation of Journalists said on Tuesday.
Gambia president says flying home after gunfire rocks Banjul
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night.
Opinion poll lead for Greece’s anti-bailout party narrows
ATHENS (Reuters) – The lead that Greece’s anti-bailout party Syriza has over the ruling conservatives has narrowed, according to two polls published after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was forced to call a parliamentary election on Jan. 25.
Italy warns ferry fire death toll could rise, two killed in salvage
TIRANA/ROME (Reuters) – Two Albanian seamen were killed on Tuesday during the salvage operation of a car ferry that caught fire off Greece’s Adriatic Coast two days ago on a voyage to Italy.
Bodies, debris from missing AirAsia plane pulled from sea off Indonesia
SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo on Tuesday, prompting relatives of those on board watching TV footage to brea…
As U.S.-led combat mission ends, Afghan women fear oppression
KABUL (Reuters) – No one ever claimed responsibility after a suicide bomber rammed into the vehicle of celebrated female parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai. She walked away from the wreckage after the Nov. 16 blast that killed three civilians and wounded…
After 15 years in power, Putin risks running out of luck
MOSCOW (Reuters) – When Vladimir Putin was handed power unexpectedly by an ailing Boris Yeltsin on the last day of the last century, his first move was to go on television to guarantee Russia the freedoms needed for a “civilized society”.
