Malaysia’s Anwar convicted of sodomy, political future in doubt
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) – A Malaysian court convicted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy and sentenced him to five years in prison on Friday, shattering his plan to take control of the country’s richest state and stoking political tension …
Indian navy officer dies in accident on new destroyer
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian navy officer died on Friday from a gas leak during shipyard work on a new destroyer, just two weeks after a fatal submarine accident prompted the resignation of the country’s top naval commander.
India top court rejects another Sahara bid to release chief
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Friday rejected another proposal by the Sahara conglomerate to secure the release of its jailed chairman by refunding billions of dollars the company had raised from investors in a now outlawed bond scheme…
Al Qaeda executes Yemeni accused of guiding U.S. drone strikes
SANAA (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants shot dead a man in southeastern Yemen on Thursday for allegedly giving the United States information used to carry out drone strikes against militants, witnesses and the SITE monitoring service said.
China voices ‘deep concern’ to North Korea over plane near-miss
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has expressed its “deep concern” to North Korea after a Chinese airplane crossed the path of a rocket launched by the isolated state, China’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
Two dead in Venezuela violence as protests drag on
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan soldier and a motorcyclist died in a confused melee sparked by the opposition’s barricading of a Caracas street, officials said on Thursday, boosting the death toll from nearly a month of violence to 20.
Cold War past shapes complex Merkel-Putin relationship
BERLIN (Reuters) – After one of her first encounters with Vladimir Putin in 2002, Angela Merkel joked to aides that she had passed the “KGB test” by staring straight into his eyes without averting her gaze.
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…
