Bangladesh to hang Islamist opposition leader: jail head
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh will hang an Islamist opposition leader within hours, his chief jailer said on Tuesday, heightening the risk of violent protests less than a month before elections are due.
Rights groups demand Egypt probe killings of Mursi supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) – Rights groups urged Egypt’s army-backed government on Tuesday to investigate mass killings of protesters by security forces during the dispersal of Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in August after Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was depose…
Afghanistan’s Karzai rebuffs U.S. pressure to sign security deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized what he said was pressure from the United States to accept a security agreement, accusing Washington of behaving like a colonial power.
Suicide bomber kills 11 at Shi’ite funeral in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 11 people and wounded 20 at a Shi’ite Muslim funeral in a city northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said, as Iraqi insurgents pursue a campaign of deadly attacks.
Sikhs jailed for London attack on Indian general
LONDON (Reuters) – Four Sikhs convicted of the revenge stabbing in London of an Indian general who had led a raid on Sikhism’s holiest shrine in India were jailed in Britain on Tuesday, police said.
Turkish MP takes oath after release from jail in coup plot case
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish journalist Mustafa Balbay took his oath of office as a member of parliament on Tuesday after his release from nearly five years in prison on security charges, raising hope among other jailed deputies that they could follow in…
Thai PM urges protesters to take part in election
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Her eyes welling with tears, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government protesters to clear the streets after she called a snap election, but protests leaders said she should step down within 24 h…
Spanish journalist, photographer kidnapped in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fighters linked to al Qaeda abducted a Spanish journalist and a photographer in a rebel-held Syrian province in September, their families said on Tuesday.
Israel, others urged to join chemical arms treaty
OSLO (Reuters) – Israel, Egypt and North Korea should renounce chemical weapons, especially after Syria joined the convention banning them and three other nations plan to do so, the chief of an international watchdog said on Tuesday.
Big parties near Austrian coalition deal, avoid big changes
VIENNA (Reuters) – The two big pro-Europe parties that have dominated post-war Austrian politics are closing in on a deal to extend their coalition government by eschewing major change in favor of largely staying the course.
