Defiant Chinese bishop dies at 97 while under house arrest
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Shanghai bishop who was imprisoned for decades by Chinese authorities died Sunday evening at his home, a Catholic group said in a statement.
China denies dead dissident refused medical treatment
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry denied on Monday that prominent human rights activist Cao Shunli died because she was refused medical treatment while in detention, in a case which has attracted concern in the United States and Europe.
China says too soon to say if Thai trafficking victims Uighur
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it was too soon to say if a group of about 200 people rescued by police from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand were Uighurs from China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang.
Tunisia police kill three suspected militants in raid near Algeria border
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia police shot and killed three suspected Islamist militants in a raid near the Algerian border, a security official said on Monday, days after Algerian troops reportedly killed seven militants on the other side of the frontier.
New Thai “red shirt” leader may escalate fight to save PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The new leader of Thailand’s pro-government “red shirt” movement said on Monday that his supporters would take to the streets in support of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra if the elite or the courts dared try to oust her.
Abandoned ‘baby hatch’ scheme suspended in southern Chinese city
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have suspended operations at a “baby hatch”, where anonymous mothers can safely abandoned new-born babies, in the city of Guangzhou as a surge in the number of infants has overwhelmed the center which only open…
Cold War reflexes return to Europe over Ukraine
Russia’s military seizure of Crimea and preparations for a possible annexation of the southern Ukrainian province have revived fears, calculations and reflexes that had been rusting away since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Strong 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits off northern Chile
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuter) – A strong aftershock 6.2 in magnitude struck offshore northern Chile early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, following a 6.7 magnitude earthquake nearby on Sunday that caused only minor damage but led to brief e…
El Salvador court ratifies ruling-party presidential candidate’s win
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s electoral court on Sunday confirmed the victory of ruling-party candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren in a presidential election a week earlier and threw out his rival’s request to annul the tight contest.
Defense at bin Laden son-in-law trial cites alleged 9/11 mastermind
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith, on trial in New York, had no role in al Qaeda military operations, said Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, according to court documents file…
