Thai court ruling adds to mounting pressure on PM Yingluck
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday opened the way to put off a general election the government has set for February 2, piling pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who looks increasingly cornered by legal challenges …
French army kills 11 suspected militants in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – French forces killed at least 11 suspected Islamist fighters and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition during an operation in Mali’s northern region of Timbuktu, a French army source in Mali said on Friday.
South Sudan looters steal food to feed 220,000 for a month: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Looters in South Sudan have stolen more than 3,700 tonnes of food, enough to feed 220,000 people for a month, the World Food Programme said on Friday.
Pakistani court condemns mentally ill Briton to death for blasphemy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has handed a death sentence for blasphemy to a 68-year-old Briton with a history of mental illness, even though his lawyers were barred from the courtroom partway through the trial, the lawyers said on Friday.
Three suspected militants killed in U.S. drone strike in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – Three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in Maarib province, east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in what local officials and tribal sources said was a strike by a U.S. drone late on Thursday.
French army kills 11 suspected militants in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – French forces killed at least 11 suspected Islamist fighters and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition during an operation in Mali’s northern region of Timbuktu, a French army source in Mali said on Friday.
Kyrgyzstan says kills 11 Uighur militants near Chinese border
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Eleven people believed to be members of a militant group of ethnic Uighurs have been killed in Kyrgyzstan after illegally crossing into the former Soviet republic from China, Kyrgyz border guards said on Friday.
China appoints Xi to head national security commission
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has been appointed head of the new national security commission by the ruling Communist Party’s decision-making Politburo, the latest sign of his rapid consolidation of power.
More than 65,000 fled Iraqi fighting in past week, UNHCR says
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 65,000 people have fled fighting in the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Ramadi during the past week, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday.
South Sudan looters steal food to feed 220,000 for a month: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme estimates that it may have lost more than 3,700 tonnes of food in looting in South Sudan, enough to feed 220,000 people for a month, WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said on Friday.
