Palestinians lose more than most in Syrian exodus
AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Palestinians Mahmoud and Ahmed fled Syria last month for Egypt, where they paid smugglers to bring them to Europe. Once at sea, they were robbed at knifepoint and herded onto an overloaded boat that sank, pitching ove…
Hackers deface Philippine websites, back anti-corruption protest
MANILA (Reuters) – A group of hackers claiming ties with international activist group Anonymous defaced Philippine government websites on Sunday, calling for support for a planned anti-corruption protest in congress this week.
Two French journalists abducted, killed in northern Mali
BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) – Two French radio journalists were killed by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday shortly after being abducted in the town of Kidal, French and Malian officials said.
China Xinjiang military boss booted off ruling council after attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party announced on Sunday the removal of the military chief of restive Xinjiang from the region’s governing council, following a car crash in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square blamed on Islamist militants from Xinj…
Militants test Tunisia’s new democracy
TUNIS (Reuters) – When protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Tunis last year, they hoisted a black jihadist flag that exposed the militant Islamist undercurrent in one of the Muslim world’s most secular societies.
Mursi goes on trial as Egypt struggles for democracy
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Mursi, goes on trial on Monday under a security crackdown that has devastated his Muslim Brotherhood movement and raised concerns that the army-backed government is reimposing a police s…
Tajik leader to extend two-decade rule despite economic woes
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Jubilant Tajiks greet their president with rose petals, songs and poetry and pledge oaths of eternal loyalty to a man they call “God’s shadow” as he arrives to open a stadium in his impoverished Central Asian nation.
Magnitude 5.0 quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 jolted eastern Japan including the capital, Tokyo, on Sunday, the NHK public broadcaster and witnesses said.
Japan ruling party questions plan to let Fukushima evacuees go home: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese ruling party official has called into question a government plan to let people who fled from the Fukushima nuclear disaster go home, saying the government should identify areas that will never be habitable.
Cuba shutters private theaters, threatens other businesses
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theaters on Saturday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as communist authorities pressed for “order, discipline and obedience” in the growing small business secto…
