Ailing Sultan Qaboos tells Omanis he will miss birthday celebrations
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, in Germany for medical treatment since July, said on Wednesday he would miss annual celebrations of his birthday this month in the Arabian peninsula country he has ruled for more than four decades.
Myanmar exhumes body of journalist killed in military custody
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar authorities exhumed the body on Wednesday of a journalist killed in military custody, and one rights activist said the body bore what he thought were marks of torture.
Saudi Arabia shuts office of TV channel for fomenting sectarian tension
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has closed down the offices of a religious television channel accused of fomenting sectarian tension, after at least eight people were killed in an attack on Shi’ite Muslims marking a major religious anniversary.
French Socialists eye parliamentary vote on Palestinian recognition
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s ruling Socialist party wants parliament to recognize a Palestinian state, parliamentary sources said, following similar moves by Sweden and Britain that are meant to overcome an impasse in peacemaking but which have angered I…
Hungary’s tax chief says she is on U.S. travel ban list: paper
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The head of Hungary’s tax authority and several colleagues are among six people that Washington has banned from entering the United States over alleged corruption, she told a newspaper on Wednesday.
Hungary’s tax chief says she is on U.S. travel ban list: paper
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The head of Hungary’s tax authority and several colleagues are among six people that Washington has banned from entering the United States over alleged corruption, she told a newspaper on Wednesday.
Indonesia police suspect journalist killed man then reported the murder
PEKANBARU Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian journalist is suspected of murdering a man and then reporting news of the killing shortly afterwards, police said on Wednesday.
Acid attacks in Iran sharpen row over Islamic dress and vigilantism
BEIRUT (Reuters) – It is a question all Iranians are asking: who is stalking the streets of Isfahan, throwing acid into women’s faces?
Special Report: In France, the discreet charm of a far-right mayor
FREJUS France (Reuters) – Last month, David Rachline, the mayor of the French Riviera town of Frejus, quietly loaned a free room to the town’s Jewish community to celebrate Yom Kippur.
Russia test-fires intercontinental missile from submarine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia test-fired a Sineva intercontinental missile from a submerged submarine in the Barents Sea on Wednesday as part of a check on the reliability of the navy’s strategic forces, the Defense Ministry said.
