Blast near airport in Afghan capital, some casualties – Reuters witness
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a security checkpoint near the airport in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, minutes before new President Ashraf Ghani was sworn in, a member of the security forces said.
Hong Kong protesters defy tear gas and batons to renew democracy call
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong democracy protesters defied volleys of tear gas and police baton-charges to stand firm in the center of the global financial hub on Monday, one of the biggest political challenges for Beijing since the Tiananmen Square c…
Once-banned Indian leader woos diaspora at giant New York rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a glitzy show of lights, lasers and slogans, populist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a triumphal address to tens of thousands of Indian-Americans and U.S. dignitaries in New York on Sunday, less than a decade afte…
China sentences two to death for killing of pro-Beijing imam
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a state-backed imam in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency has said.
Hong Kong democracy protesters defy tear gas, baton charge in historic standoff
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Riot police advanced on Hong Kong democracy protesters in the early hours of Monday, firing volleys of tear gas after launching a baton-charge in the worst unrest there since China took back control of the former British colony tw…
Cubans convicted along with Canadians in corruption case
HAVANA (Reuters) – Fourteen Cubans, including two high-ranking officials, were convicted and sentenced to jail terms ranging from 6 to 20 years in a corruption case that also condemned three Canadian executives, the Canadian company said on Sunday.
UK’s Osborne launches Conservative election pitch with pension tax cut
BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne will announce on Monday that he will scrap a tax on inherited pension savings as he lays out the Conservative Party’s pitch to win the next election on the back of its economic poli…
Air strikes said to hit Islamic State oil refineries in Syria
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Air raids believed to have been carried out by U.S.-led forces hit three makeshift oil refineries in northern Syria on Sunday as part of a campaign against Islamic State, a human rights group said.
Militants kill 20 in two separate Yemen attacks: sources
SANAA (Reuters) – A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen’s Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, and five more died in an ambush in the south of the …
Britain to convene all-party talks to resolve Northern Ireland deadlock
BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) – Britain announced on Sunday that it would convene all-party talks to try and resolve a political deadlock in Northern Ireland caused by a row over welfare reforms that has threatened to bring down the devolved government….
