Honeymoon threatens to be brief for India’s anti-graft party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – From a rally that nearly ended in a stampede, to a rebellious lawmaker and a minister openly dueling police over drug gangs, the honeymoon could be short-lived for an anti-corruption party that shook up India’s politics last month…
China rules out promotion for officials with family overseas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials whose spouses and children have emigrated will not be considered for promotion, state media reported, in the latest move to crack down on pervasive corruption.
Bodies of 14 kidnapped Sunni tribesmen found in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The bodies of 14 Sunni Muslim tribesmen were found in date palm groves north of Baghdad on Thursday, a day after they were kidnapped by uniformed men in security forces vehicles, Iraqi police and medics said.
In lair of Mexico drug boss, vigilantes hold sway
NUEVA ITALIA, Mexico (Reuters) – His AK-47 tossed onto a pristine leather sofa in the plush lair of a leader of one of Mexico’s most feared drug cartels, vigilante fighter “El Love” says he is longing for an end to a grinding cycle of extortion and mur…
Mexican official pledges swift return to order in troubled state
APATZINGAN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico will deliver “immediate change” to a troubled state in the west of the country that has been shaken by conflict between a powerful drug gang and heavily armed vigilantes, a newly named government official said on T…
NSA collects millions of text messages globally: Guardian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people’s travel plans, contacts and credit card transactions, Britain’s Guardian newspaper repor…
‘Seeds of genocide’ in Central African Republic, U.N. warns
BANGUI/GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official warned of the risk of genocide in Central African Republic without a more robust international response to communal bloodshed in which at least 20 more people were killed on Thursday.
China detains prominent Uighur scholar for ‘breaking law’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have detained the country’s most high-profile Uighur academic, an outspoken critic of official policies in the restive far-western region of Xinjiang, on suspicion of “breaking the law”, the government said on Thursda…
White House releases summary of six-month Iran nuclear plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday released a summary of the deal reached between six major world powers and Iran to curb its nuclear program, responding to calls from the U.S. Congress and other groups for more transparency about what …
Destruction of most dangerous Syrian chemicals may be delayed
ROME (Reuters) – The removal and destruction of the most dangerous agents in Syria’s chemical arsenal will likely be delayed because of security and logistical problems, but the final deadline of the end of June for eliminating all chemicals remains, t…
