Thousands rally for Indonesian maid ill-treated in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied in Hong Kong on Sunday to demand justice for a young Indonesian maid who was badly beaten by her employer in a case that has sparked widespread outrage and a police investigation into accusations of tor…
China building second aircraft carrier: reports
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is building its second aircraft carrier, which is expected to take six years, and the country aims to have at least four such ships, Chinese and Hong Kong media reports said on Sunday.
Syrian opposition says to attend talks, backed by rebel fighters
SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) – Syria’s main political opposition group in exile agreed on Saturday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks, and said for the first time three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part.
China breaks up gang offering sex-selective abortions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has broken up a gang that offered illegal services to determine the sex of unborn children so that women could abort those they did not want, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.
Brazil bomb scare spurs emergency landing, brief airport closure
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A bomb threat left in a Brazilian airport caused a TAM Airlines flight to make an emergency landing and briefly closed the airport in the Amazonian city of Manaus on Saturday, five months before the country hosts the World Cup soc…
Brazil bomb scare spurs emergency landing, brief airport closure
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A bomb threat left in a Brazilian airport caused a TAM Airlines flight to make an emergency landing and briefly closed the airport in the Amazonian city of Manaus on Saturday, five months before the country hosts the World Cup soc…
Syrian opposition says to attend talks, backed by rebel fighters
SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) – Syria’s main political opposition group in exile agreed on Saturday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks, and said for the first time three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part.
Obama tells Merkel, Germans he will not wiretap
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama told Germans and their leader on Saturday he would not let intelligence work damage relations, and differences of opinion between the two countries was no reason to wiretap.
Iran’s supreme leader commutes almost 900 sentences
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed on Saturday to pardon or reduce the sentences of 878 people in honor of the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday on Sunday, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Libyan planes attack unruly militias in south, army on alert
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan war planes attacked targets in the restive south on Saturday after gunmen stormed an air force base and the government ordered in ground troops following days of skirmishes between rival tribesmen and militias.
