China appoints Xi to head national security commission
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has been appointed head of the country’s new national security commission by the ruling Communist Party’s Politburo, state news agency Xinhua said on its microblog on Friday.
Israeli champion of Palestinian and women’s rights dies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Shulamit Aloni, a fiery former left-wing Israeli leader and cabinet minister who championed Palestinian and women’s rights, died on Friday, family and colleagues said. She was 85.
China sends surveillance jets to East China Sea defense zone
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s airforce has dispatched another patrol to monitor its controversial air defense zone in the East China Sea and issue warnings to foreign military jets in the zone, it said on Friday.
Small bomb explodes in Rome near French church
ROME (Reuters) – A small makeshift explosive device blew up in a street in central Rome in the early hours of Friday, causing slight damage to a building belonging to a French religious establishment and three parked cars, police said.
Leading China activist to be sentenced on Sunday as others go on trial
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Beijing court will sentence prominent Chinese rights activist Xu Zhiyong on Sunday in the highest-profile dissident trial since 2009, as authorities target rights defenders nationwide with another activist standing trial in Guan…
Leading China activist to be sentenced on Sunday as others go on trial
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Beijing court will sentence prominent Chinese rights activist Xu Zhiyong on Sunday in the highest-profile dissident trial since 2009, as authorities target rights defenders nationwide with another activist standing trial in Guan…
Divisions, fear of turmoil dampen Jordanian dissent
AMMAN (Reuters) – The shouts of street traders drown out the timid chants of the handful of activists outside the mosque in the heart of Amman where hundreds of people used to protest against Jordan’s King Abdullah.
China retrieves $1.6 billion for migrant workers ahead of Lunar New Year
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has recovered more than 10 billion yuan ($1.65 billion) of unpaid wages for its migrant workers in the last two months, officials said on Friday, underscoring a persistent problem that often leaves workers empty-handed before …
Korean officials found guilty of forgery but avoid jail
SEOUL (Reuters) – Two South Korean government officials were handed suspended six-month prison sentences on Friday after they were found guilty of forging documents for southern city Gwangju’s successful bid to host the 2019 World Aquatics Championship…
South Sudan government and rebels sign ceasefire deal
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s government and rebels signed a ceasefire on Thursday to end more than five weeks of fighting that divided Africa’s newest nation and brought it to the brink of civil war.
