India reviews state hospitals to end widespread corruption
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Saturday ordered a review of activities at all state-owned hospitals to end what the health minister called systemic corruption, as part of the new administration’s crackdown on malpractice in the healthca…
Yemen government offers to resign to end Houthi protests: source
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s government offered on Saturday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies, in an attempt to end protests by the Shi’ite Houthi movement, a government source told Reuters.
Canada’s intelligence head says returning Islamist militants pose threat
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadians who go abroad to join militant groups such as Islamic State pose a threat on their return home and could use their foreign contacts to set up networks in Canada, the country’s intelligence director said on Saturday.
Over a hundred migrants missing after boat sinks off Libyan coast
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A wooden boat carrying up to 200 migrants has sunk just one kilometer (half a mile) off the Libyan coast, the coast guard said on Saturday, and most passengers were feared drowned.
Twelve dead, 36,000 homeless in Niger flooding
NIAMEY (Reuters) – At least 12 people have been killed and more than 36,000 made homeless in Niger due to flooding caused by heavy seasonal rainfall, the government said.
Britain plans tougher laws to tackle UK jihadists
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it planned tougher laws to deal with British Islamist militants after Islamic State (IS) fighters in the Middle East released a video showing a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley.
One dead in shooting at mosque in Switzerland: police
ZURICH (Reuters) – A man was killed on Friday in a shooting at an Albanian mosque in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and another man was arrested, Swiss police said.
Philippines recalls peacekeepers from Liberia over Ebola threat
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Saturday ordered 115 troops to return home from peace-keeping operations in Liberia, spurred by a worsening Ebola epidemic in West Africa that has killed almost 1,500 people.
Swedish opposition retains large lead in poll ahead of Sept elections
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s center-left opposition parties remain well ahead of the governing coalition and the Social Democrats, Green and Left parties would get a combined 48.7 percent of the vote if an election were held now, an opinion poll show…
Forensic report complicates India double rape, murder case
NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Indian federal investigators are analyzing a forensic report that found that two teenage girls, earlier believed to have been raped before they were murdered, were not sexually assaulted.
