China’s Xi purging corrupt officials to put own men in place: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to use a purge of senior officials suspected of corruption to put his own men and reform-minded bureaucrats into key positions across the Communist Party, the government and the military, sources s…
Mexico captures senior drug boss operating in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police have captured the second-in-command of one of the country’s main drug gangs, who was operating in Mexico City, the government said on Wednesday.
Saudi authorities detain activist after court appearance: wife
DUBAI (Reuters) – A prominent Saudi rights lawyer and activist, Waleed Abu al-Khair, has been detained incommunicado by authorities after appearing in court in Riyadh on sedition charges, his wife said on Wednesday.
‘Broke’ U.N. agency pleads for help in Central African Republic
GENEVA (Reuters) – Inter-communal violence is tearing Central African Republic apart but the conflict is not getting the attention, or aid, needed to save huge numbers of lives, the head of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
Syrian opposition accuses Assad’s forces of new poison gas attack
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of a new poison gas attack in the Syrian capital on Wednesday, posting footage of four men being treated by medics.
Audit finds U.S. housing aid program in Haiti falls short
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A post-earthquake housing program in Haiti funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has delivered only a quarter of the planned number of homes at nearly twice the budgeted cost, according to a governme…
Algerian police break up anti-government protest before election
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian police broke up a rare anti-government protest on Wednesday, a day before elections that look set to give President Abdelaziz Bouteflika a fourth term in office although he is still recovering from a stroke.
Yemen’s al Qaeda leader vows to attack America in new video
DUBAI (Reuters) – The leader of al Qaeda’s wing in Yemen has vowed to attack the United States, in a video apparently showing a gathering of the group celebrating a mass jailbreak of fighters.
Iranian negotiators reject hardline criticism of nuclear talks
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Iranian hardliners stepped up criticism of Tehran’s negotiations with world powers over its nuclear program on Wednesday, but negotiators defended the planned deal that could lead to an end to economic sanctions.
UK says Iraqi murder allegations against its troops a conspiracy
LONDON (Reuters) – Allegations British troops unlawfully killed up to 20 Iraqi men at an army camp in 2004 were part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, the British government told a public inquiry into the deaths on Wednesday.
