With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has curtailed the power of the ruling Communist Party’s Political and Legal Committee, a secretive body overseeing the security services, to interfere in most legal cases, scholars with knowledge of the situation said – a sign…
India set to challenge U.S. for election-spending record
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian politicians are expected to spend around $5 billion on campaigning for elections next month – a sum second only to the most expensive U.S. presidential campaign of all time – in a splurge that could give India’s floundering…
India set to challenge U.S. for election-spending record
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian politicians are expected to spend around $5 billion on campaigning for elections next month – a sum second only to the most expensive U.S. presidential campaign of all time – in a splurge that could give India’s floundering…
Syrian journalist killed covering fighting: Al Mayadeen TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Syrian journalist has been killed covering clashes between government forces and opposition fighters in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, a regional broadcaster said.
Netanyahu says any peace deal with Palestinians at least a year away
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu said any peace deal with the Palestinians would take at least another year to negotiate should both sides accept U.S.-proposed principles to keep talks going.
EU’s Ashton in Iran says final nuclear deal ‘challenging’: state TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Sunday it would be “difficult and challenging” to reach a long-term nuclear deal with Iran, as diplomacy intensifies before talks between Tehran and world powers on March 1…
New law drives Uganda’s embattled gays deeper into shadows
KAMPALA (Reuters) – With a World Bank scholarship and top grades in the first year of her masters degree in agriculture, 27-year-old Cleo Kambugu should be well on the road to her goal of an academic career in Uganda.
Iraqi PM Maliki says Saudi, Qatar openly funding violence in Anbar
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding the Sunni Muslim insurgents his troops are battling in western Anbar province, in his strongest such statement since fighting started there ea…
Ex-guerrilla favorite to win El Salvador’s presidential election
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A former Marxist guerrilla leader is expected to win El Salvador’s presidency on Sunday after promising to expand social programs for the poor and fending off his opponent’s claims that he will impose radical policies.
Colombians to vote for congress ahead of FARC peace accord
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombians vote on Sunday for a new congress that will tackle legislation for the next president and play a historic role in creating laws to end five decades of conflict if peace is reached with Marxist FARC rebels.
