Taliban hangs five in Afghanistan’s Helmand as fighting rages
LASHKAR GAH Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban executed five people in a busy opium market in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province and left their bodies hanging overnight after accusing them of kidnapping a businessman, officials told Reuters.
West faces tough choices if Russia, Ukraine fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If Russia and Ukraine slide into outright war, the United States and allies will face tough choices on how to support a friendly state they have no intention of making a full NATO member.
Russian accused of hacking detained by U.S.
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Russian accused of hacking U.S. retailers’ computer systems to steal credit card data has been ordered by a Washington State judge to be held pending his trial in October, citing risks that he could flee the country, prosecutors s…
China says it ‘rescues’ 82 children from Xinjiang religious schools
BEIJING (Reuters) – A sweep on illegal religious activity in the capital of China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang has resulted in 82 children being “rescued” from unlicensed Islamic schools and the seizure of religious clothing, a state-run new…
Afghanistan running out of cash as poll deadlock drags on
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government is running out of funds despite an influx of millions of dollars in aid as a deadlock over who won the election drives a sharp decline in revenues, already suffering from the drawdown of thousands of foreign troo…
China to audit government land income in corruption fight: paper
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will conduct a nationwide audit of government land sales and related deals that may shed light on rent-seeking and corruption, the Economic Observer newspaper reported on Saturday.
At least 53 killed in Nepal floods and mudslides
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Flash floods and mudslides following heavy rains have killed at least 53 people in Nepal over the past three days and cut off remote communities in the mountains, the government said on Saturday.
Kiev says forces destroyed Russian armour inside Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said its artillery destroyed part of a Russian armoured column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia on Friday in what appeared to be a major military escalation between the e…
Iraqi Sunnis say could join new government, fight Islamic State
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq’s Sunni heartland offered their conditional backing on Friday for a new government that hopes to contain sectarian bloodshed and an offensive by Islamic State militants that threatens to tear the…
Brazil’s Socialists to decide on Silva candidacy next week
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The party of the presidential candidate killed in a plane crash will meet on Wednesday to choose a replacement to run in the Oct. 5 election, most likely his running mate, Marina Silva, the leader of a party backing the ticket said…
