Afghan president’s brother withdraws from election, backs ex-minister
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan president’s older brother, Qayum Karzai, announced on Wednesday he was withdrawing from next month’s presidential election and would back former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul.
Malaysia’s Anwar faces sodomy ruling as rights groups question court motive
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian prosecutors began their appeal on Thursday against the acquittal of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on a charge of sodomy, a case that international human rights groups have condemned as politically motivated.
China says Germans fine if their war atonement is compared to Japan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China won’t make World War Two a key part of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Germany this month, Beijing’s envoy to Berlin said on Thursday, but added that Germans were fine for China to use their contrition over the war against Jap…
Flights into Abu Dhabi diverted by technical failure
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – All flights into Abu Dhabi’s international airport are being diverted to other airports in the region on Thursday morning because of a technical failure, Abu Dhabi’s state-owned carrier Etihad Airways said in a statement.
Sweden suspends some aid to Uganda over anti-gay law
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Sweden has suspended some of its financial aid to Uganda over a law that toughened punishment for gays, becoming the fourth donor to do so.
Singapore police probe suspected suicide of digital currency exchange CEO
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore police are investigating the apparent suicide of a 28-year-old American woman who ran a small exchange in the Asian city state trading virtual currencies.
Bahrain says two children injured as bomb explodes
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Thursday two children were injured after they were instructed to plant a bomb in the same village where a bomb killed two local policemen and an officer from the United Arab Emirates earlier this w…
Kunming attack should not be an ethnic issue: China official
BEIJING (Reuters) – A deadly knife attack at a Chinese train station last week should not be linked to ethnicity, a senior government official said, days after authorities blamed the incident on separatists from the country’s troubled far western regio…
Exclusive: Trafficking abuse of Myanmar Rohingya spreads to Malaysia
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia (Reuters) – Human traffickers have kept hundreds of Rohingya Muslims captive in houses in northern Malaysia, beating them, depriving them of food, and demanding a ransom from their families, according to detailed accounts by th…
Ill health effects seen as unlikely for New Mexico workers exposed to radiation
(Reuters) – Workers who initially tested positive for radiation exposure after an accidental release at a nuclear waste site in New Mexico are unlikely to experience any ill health effects, site managers said on Wednesday.
