North Korea sailors killed when ship sinks during ‘combat duties’: state media
SEOUL (Reuters) – At least 19 North Korean sailors were killed when a naval vessel sank during “combat duties” off the east coast last month, North and South Korean media said.
Former Pakistan dictator Musharraf granted bail: lawyer
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, was granted bail on Monday in a case related to the killing of a cleric, taking him a step closer to freedom after months under house arrest and legal wrangling over his fate….
Congo’s army says M23 rebels shelling border town
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo’s army accused rebels of shelling a border town on Monday and said it showed the M23 group’s declaration of a ceasefire over the weekend was worthless.
Bahrain jails four for life, six to 15 years for Iran-linked cell
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini court sentenced four Shi’ite Muslims to life and six others to 15 years in jail on charges of setting up a militant cell linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that aimed at assassinating public figures in the Gulf Arab kingd…
Gunfights kill 13 in Mexican city on U.S. border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed in shootouts on Sunday around the northeastern Mexican city of Matamoros in one of the worst recent outbreaks of violence in an area ravaged by drug gangs.
Ousted Egyptian president Mursi arrives at trial site:TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi arrived at a Cairo police academy on Monday to face trial on charges of inciting violence, state television reported.
India throws rings of protection around divisive candidate Modi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian security forces are preparing for one of their most challenging assignments in decades, protecting prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in a country with a grim history of political assassinations.
China sends graft busters to more provinces, government departments
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sent anti-corruption investigators to six more provinces and four government departments, the Chinese Communist Party’s corruption watchdog said on Monday, in the government’s latest move to tackle graft.
Eight dead after plane crashes in northern Bolivia: hospital
LA PAZ (Reuters) – A Bolivian plane carrying 18 people crashed on Sunday while trying to land during bad weather in the north of the Andean country, killing eight passengers and injuring the others on board, the director of a local hospital told Reuter…
Insight: Won for the money: North Korea experiments with exchange rates
SEOUL (Reuters) – In a dimly-lit Pyongyang toyshop packed with Mickey Mouse picture frames and plastic handguns, a basketball sells for 46,000 Korean People’s Won – close to $500 at North Korea’s centrally planned exchange rate.
