Malaysia opposition’s Anwar convicted of sodomy
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) – A Malaysian court convicted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy on Friday, upholding the government’s appeal of his acquittal two years earlier in a ruling that his supporters said was politically influenced and ai…
Thais defer decision on emergency after two hurt in shooting
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai officials assessing whether to maintain a state of emergency, which business leaders want lifted, deferred their decision on Friday, hours after two people were wounded in a shooting at the site of anti-government protests.
Violent splinter group mars peace deal with Pakistan Taliban
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s cities are unsafe from Islamist militant attacks due to their porous security, the country’s defense minister said after suicide bombers and gunmen killed 11 people in an assault on a court in the capital earlier this w…
U.S. says ready to do business with Indian front runner Modi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States would welcome Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi if he wins the upcoming election, a U.S. official said, in the clearest sign Washington will drop a travel ban on Modi imposed after anti-Muslim riots in 2002….
Violence against women ‘pandemic’ in Mexico
ECATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – So many teenage girls turned up dead in a vacant field on the outskirts of Mexico City that people nicknamed it the “women’s dumping ground.”
China warns prominent Internet users over Kunming attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing police have told prominent users of the microblogging site Weibo to cease comments deemed hurtful, including suggestions that authorities misled the public with accounts of a deadly train station attack blamed on militants f…
Senior North Korean official reappears, belies reports of another purge
SEOUL (Reuters) – A senior North Korean official, believed to be the No. 2 in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has reappeared in official television footage, belying reports he had fallen victim to a fresh purge in the isolated nation.
Abu Ghaith urged Qaeda recruits to ‘pledge’ to bin Laden: witness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, urged al Qaeda recruits en route to a training camp in Afghanistan to pledge their lives to bin Laden a few months before September 11, 2001, a government witness told jurors on Th…
Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Crimea’s parliament voted to join Russia on Thursday and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days’ time in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte …
Abu Ghaith urged Qaeda recruits to ‘pledge’ to bin Laden: witness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, urged al Qaeda recruits en route to a training camp in Afghanistan to pledge their lives to bin Laden a few months before September 11, 2001, a government witness told jurors on Th…
