North Korea list of Japanese abductees contains some 30 names: Nikkei
(Reuters) – North Korea has given Japan a list of some 30 missing Japanese still living in the country, Japan’s Nikkei daily reported on Thursday, citing sources – three times as many names as the paper reported a week ago.
Bahrain questions opposition leader after expelling U.S. diplomat
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain interrogated its top opposition leader on Wednesday after expelling a senior U.S. diplomat for meeting him, a remarkable slap at Washington from an ally that hosts the U.S. Navy’s Middle East fleet.
China puts prominent writers under house arrest as Kerry visits
BEIJING (Reuters) – A prominent writer who has angered China by advocating Tibetan rights said she and her husband were placed under house arrest during a visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Ex-Guatemalan leader Portillo to be freed from U.S. prison in February
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo is scheduled to be released from a U.S. prison in February, more than five years after his arrest on money laundering charges.
China to take measures to promote judicial independence: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will act to promote judicial independence over the next five years with measures including specialized tribunals for environment and intellectual property cases, state media reported on Wednesday.
India’s Gandhi says Modi’s government in ‘witch hunt’ as Congress probed on taxes
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ousted Congress party, on Wednesday accused the new Narendra Modi-led government of a “political witch hunt” after tax authorities began probing her party as she and her son face allegations over…
North Korea complains to U.N. about film starring Rogen, Franco
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea has complained to the United Nations about a film starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, accusing the United States of sponsoring terrorism and committing an act of war by allowing production of a movie about a plo…
World Cup humiliation another blow to Brazil’s confidence
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The World Cup was supposed to be Brazil’s coming-out party, the soccer superpower finally revealing itself to be an economic and geopolitical one as well.
Ukrainian-born John K., investigated for Nazi crimes, dies aged 93
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Ukrainian-born man investigated for murder as a part of a Nazi police force has died in the United States aged 93, Munich prosecutors said on Wednesday, ending their inquiry into the man’s alleged crimes in 1942.
De Mistura succeeds Brahimi as U.N. Syria mediator: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) – Veteran United Nations official Staffan de Mistura, a former U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan and Iraq, will replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international mediator seeking an end to Syria’s civil war, diplomats said on…
