Hundreds of civilians killed in months of fighting in Libya: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Hundreds of civilians in Libya have been killed in fighting since late August, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning commanders that they could face prosecution for possible war crimes.
Algerian soldiers kill militant leader behind Frenchman’s murder
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian soldiers killed the leader of the militant group responsible for kidnapping and beheading French tourist Herve Gourdel in September, a security source and a television station close to the government said on Tuesday.
Satellite images show 290 heritage sites in Syria damaged by war: U.N.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Satellite imagery indicate that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria, whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilization, have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, the United Nations’ training and research arm (UNITAR) said o…
North Korea’s Internet links restored amid U.S. hacking dispute
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but U.S. officials said Washing…
Bangladeshi ex-minister sentenced to death for war crimes
DHAKA (Reuters) – A former junior minister in a Bangladeshi military government was sentenced to death on Tuesday after a war crimes tribunal found him guilty of atrocities during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan more than four decades a…
South Korea steps up cyber security at nuclear plants
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea boosted cyber security at the country’s nuclear power plants on Tuesday following what President Park Geun-hye described as a series “grave” data leaks, and prosecutors said they were investigating a new online threat.
Five bombs explode in Yemeni capital, killing one
ADEN (Reuters) – Five bombs exploded on Tuesday in Sanaa’s old quarter, where many supporters of the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement live, killing a member of the group and wounding another person, a senior security official said.
Exclusive: Thai police see little hope of putting names to about 370 tsunami victims
TAKUA PA, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With the bodies of almost 400 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami still unidentified a decade on, Thai police were holding out little hope of gleaning any new information from opening a cargo container …
Australia PM warns of ‘chatter’ as memorials held for siege victims
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday security officials had intercepted a heightened level of “terrorist chatter” in the aftermath of the Sydney cafe siege.
Hong Kong property tycoon jailed for five years in graft case
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The former co-chairman of Hong Kong-listed developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Thomas Kwok, was sentenced to five years in jail and a HK$500,000 ($64,440) fine on Tuesday in the city’s highest profile graft case.
