Maliki faces struggle to secure third term as Iraqi PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A casual wave to fellow diners in a Baghdad restaurant in 2008 sealed Nouri al-Maliki’s reputation as the man who restored a degree of normality to a city that civil war had nearly destroyed.
China’s Xi says Xinjiang is front line on terrorism, hails police
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police are the “fists and daggers” in the fight against terrorism, China’s President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western Xinjiang region where authorities say members of a Muslim minority are waging a violent separatist campaig…
China customs to intensify checks for harmful print material- report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A China media watchdog has urged customs to intensify checks of luggage entering China to block “harmful publications,” said the official Xinhua news service, as Beijing executes a selective crackdown on imported media in the name …
Colombia farmer protests a headache for Santos’ re-election bid
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Farmers across Colombia began protests on Monday demanding the government enact reforms it promised last year, organizers said, demonstrations that could unsettle President Juan Manuel Santos as he runs for re-election in four weeks….
Egyptian court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood leader to death
MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement that could trigger protests and political violence ahead of an election n…
Investors wary as anti-Vietnamese feeling grows in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – It took just one word to fire up the mob that beat Tran Van Chien to death after a minor road accident in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.
U.S. sanctions Putin allies as Ukraine violence goes on
DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – The United States imposed new sanctions on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, prompting Moscow to denounce “Cold War” tactics amid more violence in eastern Ukraine.
50 killed in bomb attack on rally, police and troops voting in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Fifty people were killed on Monday as suicide bombers attacked a political rally and Iraqi police and soldiers cast their votes early for a national election in two days’ time, authorities and witnesses said.
Egyptian court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood leader to death
MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death on Monday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement that could trigger protests and political violence ahead of an election n…
Libya says Jordan to handover jailed Islamist to get kidnapped ambassador
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Jordan has agreed to handover a Libyan Islamist to Tripoli to secure the release of its ambassador kidnapped in the North African country two weeks ago, Libya’s state news agency LANA said on Monday.
