Russia’s Putin accepts Japan invitation, minister says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit Japan, and the two countries will soon start consultations on a peace treaty, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Report details ‘industrial’ killing of 11,000 in Assad jails
LONDON (Reuters) – A Syrian military police photographer has supplied “clear evidence” showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees in circumstances that evoked Nazi death camps, former war crimes prosecutors said.
Russian police kill Islamist militant leader before Olympics
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Police have killed a senior Islamist militant in a shootout in Russia’s North Caucasus ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the National Anti-terror Committee said on Tuesday.
Overdose likely cause of death of Indian minister’s wife- autopsy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An overdose of anti-depressant drugs likely caused the death of the wife of a high-profile Indian federal minister, according to the results of an autopsy, days after she accused him of having an affair with a Pakistan-based journ…
At a popular Kabul restaurant, the front lines of Afghanistan’s war
KABUL (Reuters) – For Kabul’s expatriate crowd, a visit to a restaurant in the Afghan capital’s well-guarded diplomatic area was one of the few attractions of living in the war-ravaged nation.
UAE convicts 30 Emiratis, Egyptians over Brotherhood ties
DUBAI (Reuters) – Thirty Emiratis and Egyptians were convicted of setting up an illegal branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and sentenced to up to five years in jail in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, in a case reflecting the state’s deep mistrust of…
More than 60 deminers briefly seized in mass Afghan kidnapping
KABUL (Reuters) – Unknown gunmen on Tuesday briefly seized more than 60 Afghan workers clearing Soviet-era anti-tank mines in western Herat province, the largest mass kidnapping undertaken in an economically important area now beset by security problem…
Yemen extends Hadi’s presidency by one year, approves federal state
SANAA (Reuters) – Political factions in Yemen extended Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s presidency by one more year and approved a new federal system for the country at a national reconciliation conference that ended on Tuesday, officials said.
Demoted Egyptian editor bemoans lack of press freedom
CAIRO (Reuters) – Journalist Abdelnasser Salama had high hopes for press freedom when Egyptians took to the streets and ended the 30-year rule of president Hosni Mubarak.
Human Rights Watch chides China for failing to push reform
BEIJING (Reuters) – New York-based Human Rights Watch accused China on Tuesday of failing to embark upon political reforms which meet the people’s demands for real change and of pursuing anti-corruption activists despite its declared crackdown on graft…
