Singapore to reform enforced pension saving scheme after protests
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is to reform its mandatory retirement savings scheme and will provide greater support to low-income pensioners, the Prime Minister said on Sunday, in response to growing public criticism of the system.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait to abide by U.N. blacklisting of citizens
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait agreed to comply with a United Nations resolution aimed at stopping financing for Islamist militant groups in Syria and Iraq after four of their nationals were named among a group blacklisted by the internation…
Two Lebanese policemen freed by militants
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist militants who captured more than 30 members of the Lebanese security forces have released two policemen who were handed over to officials on Sunday, security sources said.
Struggling Liberia creates ‘plague villages’ in Ebola epicenter
BOYA Liberia/DAKAR (Reuters) – To try to control the Ebola epidemic spreading through West Africa, Liberia has quarantined remote villages at the epicenter of the virus, evoking the “plague villages” of medieval Europe that were shut off from the outsi…
Lashes for Saudi woman who called morality police liars: newspaper
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabian judge has upheld a sentence of a month in prison and 50 lashes for a businesswoman convicted of insulting members of the morality police during an argument, the local al-Medina newspaper reported on Sunday.
UK must use ‘military prowess’ to help stop Islamic State: PM Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should use its military prowess to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday, saying they had to be stopped from creating “a terrorist state on the shores of the Mediterranean”.
Jailed Kurdish leader says war with Turkey nearing end: Firatnews
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan said his movement’s 30-year war with Turkey’s government was nearing its end through democratic negotiations, Firatnews agency reported.
Pope tells Asia’s communist nations not to fear Christians
HAEMI South Korea (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in remarks clearly intended for communist-ruled countries such as China, North Korea and Vietnam, said on Sunday that Asian governments should not fear Christians as they did not want to “come as conquerors” …
Colombia’s war victims ask country to support peace talks
HAVANA (Reuters) – Victims of Colombia’s 50-year-old war pleaded with peace negotiators to reach a deal and said they were willing to forgive heinous acts of cruelty, urging Colombians to unite behind the effort to end the bloodshed.
Islamic State executed 700 people from Syrian tribe: monitoring group
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the majority of them civilians, a human rights monitoring group and activists said on Saturda…
