Police boss at center of British child sex scandal quits
LONDON (Reuters) – A official who for weeks defied a barrage of calls to quit over his role in a 16-year sex abuse scandal involving some 1,400 children finally bowed to pressure and resigned on Tuesday.
PM says Thailand not always safe for tourists after murder of Britons
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister said on Tuesday the country was not always as safe for foreign visitors as their homelands, after the murder of two British tourists dealt a blow to the southeast Asian nation’s image.
Swedish Liberals say ready to work with center left after vote
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Liberal Party, one of the four members of the government coalition, is willing to cooperate in certain areas with a government led by the center-left Social Democrats, the parliamentary group leader Johan Pehrson, said on…
Chief rabbi says French society has turned indifferent to anti-Semitism
PARIS, (Reuters)- France’s government has reacted strongly to a rising tide of anti-Semitic acts this year but French society seems indifferent to the threat they present, the country’s newly elected chief rabbi said on Tuesday.
Afghan rivals said close to ending feud on how to share power
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates may reach a deal on how to share power late on Tuesday, according to Afghan and Western officials, potentially ending months of tension over the outcome of a run-off election held in June.
Poland drops probe into central bank chief’s leaked conversation
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors said on Tuesday they had dropped an investigation into whether central bank governor Marek Belka broke the law in a conversation with the interior minister that was secretly recorded and leaked.
Indonesia anti-terror police question four foreigners
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian anti-terror police are questioning four foreign nationals in a sign of tightening security in the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
Lesotho brings forward vote to ease political crisis
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Lesotho will hold elections earlier than scheduled in 2017, in an effort to ease a political crisis that resulted in an apparent coup last month, southern African regional leaders said on Tuesday.
China scholar shackled, refused warm clothes ahead of trial: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – An ethnic Uighur academic in China is being kept in shackles and has been refused warm clothing ahead of his trial in the Xinjiang region, his lawyer said on Tuesday, in a case that has drawn concern over judicial and human rights a…
India says to defend China border after standoff ahead of Xi visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km- (2,200-mile-) long border with China after domestic media reported a new face-off on the disputed frontier, just days ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping.
