Thai government declares state of emergency as protests drag on
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai government declared a 60-day state of emergency to start on Wednesday, saying it wanted to prevent any escalation of more than two months of protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from power.
Iraq executes 26 people for ‘terrorism’ offences
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has hanged 26 people convicted of “terrorism” offences, the Justice Ministry announced on Tuesday, pursuing a practice of mass executions despite international criticism.
Slovenia refuses to extradite Romanian hacker to U.S
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia will not extradite a Romanian hacker who broke into the computer systems of U.S. government agencies, because he has already been tried and sentenced in Romania, the national news agency STA reported on Tuesday.
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…
