Dutch send top diplomat to avert Saudi sanctions over anti-Islam stickers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands will send a top diplomat to Saudi Arabia to prevent the country from imposing trade sanctions in protest at anti-Islamic stickers printed in the colors of the Saudi flag by a Dutch far-right politician, the foreign…
Politicians arrested in troubled Brazil World Cup host city
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Several leading politicians have been arrested as part of a large corruption and money laundering probe in Cuiaba, a World Cup host city in Brazil that has had some of the worst delays and other problems as the soccer tournament a…
Islamist group forces schools to close in Pakistan’s southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Thousands of women, children and activists marched in Pakistan’s volatile province of Baluchistan on Wednesday in a protest against a campaign by an Islamist group to force schools to shut down across the region.
Taipei man kills three, injures 25 in subway stabbing spree
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A knife-wielding college student killed three people and injured 25, police said, in a rare incident on Taipei’s metro on Wednesday.
Vietnam, Philippines jointly denounce China’s maritime moves
MANILA/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Vietnam and the Philippines are determined to oppose Chinese infringement of their territorial waters, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Wednesday, calling on the world to condemn China’s actions in a rare pu…
Egypt court jails 155 Brotherhood supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 155 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms on Wednesday and gave 54 of them life sentences, judicial sources said, in a case related to violence in the Nile Delta province of Mansour last August after …
In cyber spying row, Chinese media call U.S. a ‘mincing rascal’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media labeled the United States a “mincing rascal” and “high-level hooligan” on Wednesday in response to Washington charging five Chinese military officers with hacking U.S. companies to steal trade secrets.
UK’s Osborne, Labor in clash over business policy
LONDON (Reuters) – The two contenders to win Britain’s national election next year traded blows over their business policies on Wednesday after finance minister George Osborne accused the opposition Labor party of “pulling up the drawbridge” on foreign…
Machine gun, heavy weapons fire heard in flashpoint north Mali town
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Machine gun and heavy weapons fire broke out on Wednesday in the northern Mali town of Kidal, a rebel stronghold where the army has been reinforcing its positions ahead of an expected drive to retake it, an army officer and the Unite…
Pakistani fighter jets bomb suspected militant hideouts
MIRANSHAH (Reuters) – Pakistani fighter jets bombed suspected militant hideouts in the tribal region of North Waziristan near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, the army said.
