Grisly murders highlight social strains in Modi’s India
KATRA SHAHADATGANJ India (Reuters) – When a farm laborer in this hardscrabble village in northern India went to the police last week to report that his daughter and her cousin had gone missing, a constable slapped him in the face and sent him away.
Qaeda says kills ‘spies’ for aiding U.S. drone strikes in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said it had executed four men accused of planting electronic chips in vehicles to help U.S. drones track insurgents in Yemen, in a video posted on a Yemeni news website and seen by Reuters on M…
South Korea polls widely seen as vote on handling of ferry disaster
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Koreans elect new local representatives on Wednesday in elections widely seen as a barometer of President Park Geun-hye’s response to a ferry disaster in April that killed more than 300 people, most of them children from the sam…
Philippines arrests Muslim rebel over killing of U.S. troops
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces have arrested a Muslim rebel responsible for the death of two U.S. servicemen in a September 2009 roadside bombing on the remote southern island of Jolo, a police general said on Monday.
Republicans question U.S. prisoner swap with Taliban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. politicians questioned whether the deal that freed Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban militants amounted to a negotiation with terrorists as the U.S. soldier was flown out of Afghanistan to a military hospital in Ger…
Vazquez set to win primary for Uruguay presidential nomination
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Tabare Vazquez looked set to win his party’s primary by a landslide on Sunday, clearing the way for him to run again to be president of Uruguay, the country he led between 2005 and 2010.
Thai oil tanker recovered, cargo taken by hijackers: authorities
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Thai oil tanker reported missing two days ago has been recovered with all of its crew members safe but pirates who hijacked the tanker took its cargo and damaged communications gear, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) sa…
Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as US and Japan rile China
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – When Japan’s defence minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China’s army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed.
China investigates senior state TV official over bribery: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top prosecutor is investigating a senior executive with state broadcaster CCTV on suspicion of bribery, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as the government’s anti-corruption campaign intensifies.
Netanyahu urges world not to recognise Palestinian unity government
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday against any international rush to recognize a Palestinian government due to be announced under a unity pact between the Fatah and Hamas Islamist groups.
