Sri Lankan opposition files graft complaint against former president
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Marxist opposition filed a corruption complaint on Tuesday against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his relatives and asked the anti-graft body to prevent them from leaving the country.
Revived Nazi-era term ‘Luegenpresse’ is German non-word of year
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German linguists’ panel has chosen a Nazi-era term “Luegenpresse” (lying press), which anti-immigrant protesters have revived and shouted at the media, as the country’s non-word of the year.
Merkel vows to fight intolerance after record anti-Islam march
BERLIN (Reuters) – A day after anti-Islam protesters marched in record numbers in Dresden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government would do everything in its power to fight intolerance, calling discrimination based on religious faith “human…
UK’s Blair apologizes for error that saw Irish bomb suspect go free
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Tuesday defended a scheme informing Irish nationalist militants they were no longer wanted by police, but apologized that such a letter was wrongly sent to a man wanted over a deadly car bo…
Chinese President to pay state visit to UK amid Hong Kong tensions
LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Britain on a state visit later this year, a Foreign Office minister said on Tuesday, while fending off lawmakers’ accusations that London was reluctant to confront Beijing over Hong Kong.
Up to 5,000 European fighters in Syria pose risk: Europol
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Europe’s police organization Europol said on Tuesday the continent was facing its greatest security threat in more than a decade, with as many as 5,000 Europeans who have joined fighting in Syria posing a risk to their ho…
Madagascar government resigns over blackouts, social woes
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and government amid mounting public frustration about regular power cuts and a failure to deliver on promised improvements to daily life.
Taxi strike in China spreads to more cities
BEIJING (Reuters) – Taxi drivers protesting against high cab rental fees and emerging competitors such as Uber have gone on strike in several provincial Chinese cities, according to a local media report on Tuesday.
Yemen accuses Baha’i of converting Muslims and ties to Israel
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni authorities have questioned a member of the Baha’i faith suspected of contacts with Israel and charged him with seeking to establish a base for the community in the predominantly Muslim country, state news agency Saba reported….
Egypt minister says pardon still possible for Al Jazeera journalists
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi could still pardon three jailed Al Jazeera journalists who are now facing a retrial if he deems it appropriate, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
