Gunmen kill Pakistan lawyer defending blasphemy case
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen posing as clients shot dead a prominent human rights lawyer defending a professor accused of blasphemy, officials said Thursday, underscoring the danger facing those trying to put an end to religious intolerance in m…
Iran, six powers hold ‘useful’ nuclear talks; agreement elusive
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers held more “useful” talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, both sides said, although a Western diplomat said they were still struggling to overcome deep disagreements on the future of Iranian atomic capabilitie…
Former Berlusconi cabinet minister arrested by antimafia police
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police have arrested Claudio Scajola, industry minister in the last government of ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on suspicion of helping a former party colleague convicted of mafia association to flee justice, authorities…
Two weeks before EU elections, 62 percent ‘not interested’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Six out of 10 Europeans are “not that interested” in the European Parliament elections later this month, according to a poll released on Thursday, despite huge efforts by campaign managers to make the ballot more relevant.
Homes set on fire, militants flee to Bhutan after Assam massacre: police
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Several homes and stores in India’s tea-growing state of Assam were set on fire by unidentified persons, police said, the latest attack in an area where Muslim villagers were killed in a massacre last week.
Grieving South Korea seeks arrest of ferry operator owners
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors are seeking the arrest of members of the family that owns the operator of a ferry that sank last month killing hundreds of school children, an avoidable tragedy that rocked the country to the co…
Africa must work harder to reduce inequality: Annan
ABUJA (Reuters) – African governments should work harder to reduce inequality that has prevented the benefits of a decade of economic growth from being spread equitably, according to a report by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan released on Thur…
Nine Pakistan soldiers killed by suspected Taliban bomb on Afghan border
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb planted by suspected Taliban insurgents ripped through a truck carrying troops in Pakistan’s tribal region on Thursday, killing nine soldiers and wounding more than a dozen, officials said, with the death toll expe…
End of oil boom threatens Norway’s welfare model
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s energy boom is tailing off years ahead of expectations, exposing an economy unprepared for life after oil and threatening the long-term viability of the world’s most generous welfare model.
China-Vietnam sea incident not ‘clash’: China vice foreign minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said on Thursday that China and Vietnam could resolve disputes at sea peacefully and that an incident between the countries earlier this week in a part of the disputed South China Sea was …
