U.S. calls on North Korea to release war veteran
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States called on North Korea on Saturday to release an elderly U.S. military veteran held in custody since last month and who Pyongyang has accused of killing civilians during the Korean War 60 years ago.
Syria-fuelled violence kills three in Lebanon’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Three people were killed overnight in fighting in the north Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Sunday, raising to nine the death toll in 24 hours of violence fuelled by sectarian tensions over Syria’s civil …
China probes official of state-owned insurance firm for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is investigating an executive at the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation for graft, the ruling Communist Party’s corruption watchdog said on Sunday, making him the latest target of a widening corruption crackdown.
Quake of 6.2 magnitude strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra: USGS
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Libya’s army tells militias, protesters to free up oil ports
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s army told former militia fighters and protesters to end their occupations of oilfields and ports and allow crude exports to restart, saying the OPEC country risked sliding into lawlessness.
Qaeda-linked group says takes foothold in West Bank, members killed
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – An al Qaeda-linked group said three militants killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces last week were its members, and that their presence there showed that the Islamist network had taken root in the occupied Palestinia…
Dominican government gives details of naturalization plan for ‘foreigners’
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The government announced details of a special naturalization process for undocumented “foreigners” and their children born in the Dominican Republic, in a presidential decree issued on Saturday.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes off Indonesia island
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck off Indonesia’s Tanimbar islands, a monitoring service of the U.S. Geological Survey showed around 0130 GMT on Sunday.
A jail by another name – China labor camps now drug detox centers
KUNMING, China (Reuters) – Li Zhongying was freed from a Chinese labor camp ahead of schedule in September because, guards told her, the government was scrapping ‘re-education through labor’, a heavily criticized penal system created in the 1950s.
A jail by another name – China labor camps now drug detox centers
KUNMING, China (Reuters) – Li Zhongying was freed from a Chinese labor camp ahead of schedule in September because, guards told her, the government was scrapping ‘re-education through labor’, a heavily criticized penal system created in the 1950s.
