Front companies, embassies mask North Korean weapons trade – U.N
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has developed sophisticated ways to circumvent U.N. sanctions, including the suspected use of its embassies to facilitate an illegal trade in weapons, a United Nations report issued on Tuesday said.
Israeli air strike kills three Gaza militants: Islamic Jihad
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed three Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Jihad group said.
Turkish boy hurt in anti-government protests dies nine months later
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A 15-year-old Turkish boy who suffered a head injury during anti-government protests in Istanbul last June died on Tuesday after spending months in a coma, triggering renewed clashes between police and his family’s supporters.
U.N. anti-drugs chief praises Iran fight despite executions
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. anti-drugs chief has praised Iran’s fight against narcotics trafficking despite what human rights groups describe as a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences.
Thailand to lift state of emergency as business suffers
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is expected to lift a state of emergency in Bangkok, almost two months after it was imposed to quell anti-government protests, because of pressure from businesses and in light of improving security, a top official said on T…
Israel ups threshold for Knesset seats despite opposition boycott
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel approved a change to electoral law on Tuesday that raises the percentage of votes needed for seats in parliament, an amendment that critics said targets Arab and ultra-Orthodox Jewish minorities.
Croatia’s ex-PM, biggest party sentenced over slush funds
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader and his political party were found guilty on Tuesday of rigging public tenders and abusing state funds in the biggest corruption trial to date in the new European Union member.
North Korea’s assembly vote puts some purge rumors to rest
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea announced on Tuesday the winners of an election to its Supreme People’s Assembly, including a senior army man whose re-election will dispel talk that he had been purged by leader Kim Jong Un.
Militant Islamist website calls for attacks on France and Hollande – SITE
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A militant Islamist website has created a series of posters calling for attacks on France and for the assassination of President Francois Hollande in reprisal for the country’s policies in Mali and the Central African Republic, th…
Scotland’s Salmond talks independence, but plays politics
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland’s nationalist leader Alex Salmond has more than independence on his mind. The combative politician has come to embody self-rule, always sporting a lapel pin or tie with Scotland’s white-and-blue crossed Saltire flag. Cart…
