Islamic State beheads, crucifies in push for Syria’s east
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State has crushed a pocket of resistance to its control in eastern Syria, crucifying two people and executing 23 others in the past five days, a monitoring group said on Monday.
China cracking down on Christian groups along North Korea border: sources
TUMEN China/SEOUL (Reuters) – China is cracking down on Christian charity groups near its border with North Korea, missionaries and aid groups say, with hundreds of members of the community forced to leave the country and some who remain describing an …
Afghans tortured, killed by U.S. troops need justice: Amnesty
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. forces who have tortured or killed civilians in Afghanistan have not been brought to justice because of failures in the U.S. military justice system, human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday.
U.N. chief says access not a must for Sri Lanka war crimes probe
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations can conduct an effective investigation into reports of war crimes in Sri Lanka without visiting the country, said U.N. Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay, reacting to a government decision to deny…
China says over 150 ‘economic fugitives’ at large in the U.S
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 150 economic fugitives, many of whom are corrupt officials or suspected of graft in China, are at large in the United States, Chinese state media said on Monday, citing a senior official from the public security ministry.
Kosovo police arrest 40 for fighting in Iraq, Syria
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo police arrested 40 men on Monday on suspicion of having fought with Islamist insurgents in Syria and Iraq, a crackdown aimed at deterring recruitment of volunteer fighters, authorities in the small Balkan state said.
Former Thai PM returns home as legal threat lingers
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has returned home from a trip overseas, putting an end to speculation she would stay away from Thailand as prosecutors decide whether to indict her for mismanaging a state rice-buying s…
Human Rights Watch says Egypt gagging dissent as chiefs denied entry
CAIRO (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch accused Egypt’s government of trying to silence all criticism, after two of its top staff were held at Cairo airport for 12 hours and then denied entry to the country for “security reasons,” the group said on Monday…
China rebuffs U.S. efforts on South China Sea tensions
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – China appeared to rebuff pressure from the United States to rein in its assertive actions in the South China Sea on Sunday as Southeast Asian nations declined to overtly back Washington’s proposal for a freeze on provocative acts….
U.S. weighs options to evacuate desperate Yazidis from Iraqi mountain
WASHINGTON/EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) – The United States is exploring options to evacuate thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped on a barren mountain in northern Iraq by Islamic militants, after four nights of humanitarian relief airdrops, U.S. officials…
