China scholar shackled, refused warm clothes ahead of trial: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – An ethnic Uighur academic in China is being kept in shackles and has been refused warm clothing ahead of his trial in the Xinjiang region, his lawyer said on Tuesday, in a case that has drawn concern over judicial and human rights a…
India says to defend China border after standoff ahead of Xi visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km- (2,200-mile-) long border with China after domestic media reported a new face-off on the disputed frontier, just days ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping.
Nigeria sentences 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in northeast
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military authorities have sentenced 12 soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny in the northeastern region where a Boko Haram Islamist insurgency is raging, they said on Tuesday.
Qatar rejects accusation it sent weapons to Libya
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar has denied an accusation by Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni that it sent three military aircraft loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group.
Six police dead in attack in Egypt’s Sinai: interior ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) – Six Egyptian policemen were killed on Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded as they passed through a volatile part of northern Sinai in an armored convoy, the interior ministry said.
Salmond a likely winner whichever way Scots vote on independence
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Alex Salmond wields no claymore sword and appears only sparingly in a kilt, and yet he has brought Scotland closer to independence than any Scottish warrior since union with England more than 300 years ago.
Turkey would welcome Muslim Brotherhood figures who leave Qatar: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey would welcome senior figures from Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood after they were asked to leave Qatar under pressure from other Gulf Arab states, Turkish media quoted President Tayyip Erdogan as saying late on Monday.
U.S. scouts for Sunni allies on the ground in Iraq
By Oliver Holmes, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Jason Szep and Ned Parker
Iran supreme leader spurns U.S. overture to fight Islamic State
PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday he had personally rejected an offer from the United States for talks to fight Islamic State, an apparent blow to Washington’s efforts to build a military coalition to fight militants in both …
Japan PM’s liberal newspaper critic is humbled by errors
TOKYO (Reuters) – It was a rare role reversal for Japan’s influential Asahi newspaper, which is known for exposing wrongdoing in high places, when its president stood before cameras to bow, apologise and pledge to restore his organisation’s credibility…
