Three turn themselves in as probe involving Thai princess’s kin widens
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two Thai army officers and a civilian have answered a police summons, police said, in a widening corruption investigation that has also led to the arrest of high-ranking policemen and relatives of Princess Srirasmi, the wife of the …
Iraqi government reaches deal with Kurds on oil, budget
ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s government reached a formal agreement on Tuesday with Kurdish regional authorities to end a protracted dispute over oil exports and budget payments to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
Egypt’s public prosecutor appeals Mubarak verdict, cites flaws
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday he had appealed against a court decision to drop charges against former president Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides over the killing of protesters in a 2011 uprising.
Weather hampers search for 50 missing after S.Korea ship sinks off Russia
SEOUL (Reuters) – More than 50 people remain missing a day after a South Korean fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Chukotka region as severe weather conditions hampered a rescue operation, officials said on Tues…
Afghan projects, officials in limbo with delay of cabinet
KAREZMIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Kabul, contractor Saif-ul Rahman Sherzad overlooks a half-finished road leading to Afghanistan’s north and pronounces much of the $5 million spent on it a waste.
Voters ignore violence, turn out in high numbers in India’s Kashmir
HANDWARA, India (Reuters) – Soldiers killed at least three militants near the border with Pakistan in the Indian state of Kashmir on Tuesday but the gun battle did not deter voters who have turned out in high numbers in a closely watched state election…
Rifts in Zambia ruling party widen as rival leaders chosen
LUSAKA (Reuters) – A power struggle in Zambia’s ruling party has intensified, with a faction loyal to interim president Guy Scott electing economist Miles Sampa as its new leader barely a day after a rival group voted for the defense minister to take o…
Swedish PM says to resign if loses Wednesday budget vote: Swedish daily
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The head of Sweden’s new minority government will resign if the opposition wins a budget vote on Wednesday with support from the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, a paper quoted him as saying on Tuesday.
Islamic State followers say they were behind Riyadh shooting
RIYADH (Reuters) – A group of supporters of Islamic State has released a video that it says shows its members carrying out a shooting in Saudi Arabia last week of a Danish national who survived the attack, SITE Monitoring reported.
Japan opposition, too weak to take power, aims to dim Abe’s luster
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s main opposition party, its image still tarnished two years after losing power, isn’t even pretending to have a shot at ousting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition in a Dec. 14 election. It does hope to give him a black eye, …
