Pakistani police charge 68 lawyers with blasphemy over protest
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have registered a case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers who made a public protest after a police officer detained one of their colleagues, officials said on Tuesday, the latest in a tidal wave of such accusations f…
South African police deployed to platinum belt to protect miners
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police deployed additional officers to the platinum belt on Tuesday to protect miners returning to work this week, a police spokesman said, as producers pushed ahead with plans to end the country’s longest and mos…
Quake strikes off Panama, no major damage reported
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Panama early on Tuesday, shaking buildings, but there were no initial reports of major damage or casualties.
Earthquake of 6.8 magnitude strikes off Panama: USGS
(Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck off the coast of Panama early on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Jordanian ambassador to Libya freed
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s kidnapped ambassador to Libya has been freed by his captors, has left the country and is on his way home, a Jordanian cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
Japan, China to square off at regional security forum
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – A major regional security conference is shaping up as a face-off between Asia’s two biggest powers, as Japan sends its hawkish prime minister and China dispatches a feisty diplomat instead of the usual brass to counter Tok…
Canada prosecutors charge driver in Lac-Megantic railway crash
TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian authorities on Monday charged Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd (MM&A) and three employees with criminal negligence following last summer’s train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people.
China detains man for selling “false” reports to foreign website
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in Beijing have detained a man for selling and posting “fabricated information” to a foreign website, state media said on Tuesday, as China tightens its grip on the Internet ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Squa…
Leader of China’s anti-graft fight tells state-owned firms to behave
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top graft-buster has told the country’s state-owned industries that they also have a responsibility to follow the ruling Communist Party’s rules on fighting corruption, state media said on Tuesday, as Beijing broadens its gr…
Mexico readying legal defense in sugar dispute with U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico is getting ready to defend its sugar producers in a dispute over allegations of dumping made by U.S. competitors, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Monday.
