China courts put reporter on trial, reject Uighur scholar’s appeal
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities put on trial on Friday an outspoken journalist accused of revealing state secrets and rejected an appeal by a prominent Uighur scholar whose life sentence on separatism charges had sparked an outcry from the West…
U.S. drone strike kills six suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed six suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said on Friday, as al Qaeda said two members of the group had been killed in a strike.
Iran still stalling as nuclear deadline looms: U.N. agency
VIENNA (Reuters) – Tehran has yet to explain away allegations it conducted atomic bomb research, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday, four days before a deadline for Iran and six world powers to reach a deal on the Iranian nuclear prog…
Fears grow in India about Hindu ‘Modi-fication’ of education
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indians were flying airplanes, carrying out stem cell research and may even have been using cosmic weapons 5,000 years ago, according to the chairman of India’s leading historical organization.Professor Y. Sudershan Rao, the head …
Last British governor of Hong Kong says confront China on rights; U.S. report cites military intimidation
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Countries should not be afraid to stand up to China over democratic rights in Hong Kong, the last British governor of the territory said on Thursday.
Martial law to stay in Thailand: minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s martial law will not be lifted for the foreseeable future, the justice minister said on Friday, despite an earlier pledge to lift the law in some provinces to help the tourism industry which has struggled since a military…
Japan raises military profile in naval war games with U.S.
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON PACIFIC OCEAN (Reuters) – Japan stepped up its role in large-scale war games with the United States this week, with one of its admirals commanding air and sea maneuvers that the U.S. military described as the most compl…
Jordan arrests deputy head of Muslim Brotherhood for criticizing UAE
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan arrested the deputy head of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday for criticizing the UAE’s move to designate the Islamist political movement and its local affiliates a terrorist group, official sources said.
Egypt arrests Brotherhood leader as crackdown intensifies
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police on Thursday detained Mohamed Ali Bishr, one of the few Muslim Brotherhood leaders to escape jail after last year’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, extending a sweeping crackdown on political dissent.
Senior Islamic State figure killed in Mosul: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Islamic State leader has been killed in an air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, residents and a local medical source said on Thursday.
