Indian hunger striker freed after 14 years as suicide charges dropped
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian human rights activist who has been on hunger strike for the last 14 years in protest against alleged army atrocities walked free on Wednesday from a prison hospital where doctors had force-fed her to keep her alive.
Chinese police arrest three for deadly auto parts factory blast
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested three people in connection with an explosion at an auto parts plant that killed 75 people in China’s worst industrial accident in a year, state media said on Wednesday.
Three more Tibetans die from shooting by Chinese police: rights group
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three protesters shot last week by police in a Tibetan region of China have died of their injuries, taking to five the number of people killed in the incident, a rights group said on Wednesday.
Four beheaded corpses found in Egypt’s Sinai: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Four beheaded corpses were found by residents of a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, security sources said, blaming Islamist militants waging an insurgency against Cairo.
Afghanistan gives NYT reporter 24 hours to leave country
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan has given a New York Times reporter 24 hours to leave the country, accusing him of not cooperating with an investigation into his reporting, the Attorney General’s office said on Wednesday.
Turkish soldier killed in clashes with Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – At least one Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes with Kurdish militants in eastern Turkey as tensions escalated, local media reported, potentially undermining government efforts toward direct peace talks.
U.S. official says unified with Japan on need for Russian sanctions
TOKYO (Reuters) – A senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday that the U.S. and Japanese governments are completely unified that sanctions are needed on Russia to encourage it to stop taking steps that the United States says are destabilizing Ukr…
Iceland evacuates area north of rumbling volcano
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Iceland’s civil protection agency has decided to evacuate an area north of the country’s Bardarbunga volcano, saying it could not rule out an eruption.
Kurdish ministers rejoin Iraqi government: foreign minister
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish ministers who suspended their participation in the government of outgoing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have rejoined the administration, Iraq’s outgoing foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Ukraine maternity ward nurtures new life as the shells fall
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – In a Ukrainian city stalked by death, Tatyana Makarchuk, the director of Donetsk Maternity Hospital No. 3, is making sure that new life can survive.
