Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s most prominent advocate for the rights of Muslim Uighur people will appeal against a life prison sentence that drew criticism from Western countries including the United States, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Palestinians meet in Cairo amid rift clouding Gaza truce chances
CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian factions met in Cairo on Wednesday for two days of talks aimed at mending a rift that could threaten Egyptian-mediated negotiations to turn the Gaza ceasefire into a lasting truce.
Victims receive little of funds spent on anti-trafficking – report
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of dollars have been spent to fight human trafficking but it is not clear how this money is spent and very little actually reaches the victims themselves, according to new research.
Australia police kill ‘terror suspect’ after two officers stabbed
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police shot dead a teenager after he stabbed two counter terrorism officers, days after sweeping raids involving hundreds of police thwarted what they said was an imminent plot to behead a member of the public.
Polish miners block Russian coal imports at border
WARSAW (Reuters) – More than 200 Polish miners blocked trains carrying Russian coal at a border passage in northern Poland to protest against the cheaper Russian coal being brought in at a time when local mines are struggling, mining union leaders said…
Hong Kong student activists rally ahead of threatened blockade
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong students gathered in the heart of the city for a second day on Wednesday ahead of a planned blockade of government buildings if the city’s leader fails to discuss their demands for free elections.
Venezuela court gives long sentences to beauty queen’s killers
CARACAS (Reuters) – Three men convicted of murdering a former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband this year were sentenced to at least 24 years in jail in a case that shook the crime-ridden South American nation, authorities said.
Rousseff gains in Brazil presidential race as Silva slips
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff has regained the edge in Brazil’s presidential race after weeks of aggressive campaigning against environmentalist Marina Silva, who has lost ground among voters in the campaign’s homestretch, polls showed …
Obama forges anti-ISIL coalition, but will it hang together?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Arabs are in. Turkey is on the fence. Britain, still smarting from an earlier Iraq war, is cautiously edging toward expanded action. Even Greece wants to help – if someone would tell it how.
U.N. Security Council blacklists foreign fighters, recruiters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted on Tuesday more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters, fundraisers and recruiters tied to militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Yemen, including a s…
