With legal reforms, China wants less interfering in cases, fewer death penalty crimes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has curtailed the power of the ruling Communist Party’s Political and Legal Committee, a secretive body overseeing the security services, to interfere in most legal cases, scholars with knowledge of the situation said – a sign…
U.N. warns food security a risk to Asia-Pacific
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) – The world must increase its food production by 60 percent by mid-century or risk serious food shortages that could bring social unrest and civil wars, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
At least 42 African migrants drown off Yemeni coast: Defence Ministry
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – At least 42 illegal African migrants drowned in the Arabian Sea off the southern coast of Yemen late on Sunday, the defense ministry said on its website.
Nuns held by rebels in Syria are freed, arrive at border: witnesses
JDAIDAT YABBOUS, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – About a dozen nuns held by rebels in Syria for more than three months were released on Sunday and arrived back in Syria after traveling through Lebanon, officials and witnesses said.
Japan, U.S. differ on China in talks on ‘grey zone’ military threats
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Japan and the United States start talks on how to respond to armed incidents that fall short of a full-scale attack on Japan, officials in Tokyo worry that their ally is reluctant to send China a strong message of deterr…
New Zealand to go to economy-focused election on September 20
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand will hold its general election on September 20, Prime Minister John Key said on Monday, in a vote that is likely to focus on his center-right National Party’s economic record.
Mexico says kills drug kingpin reported dead years ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican drug lord who had been falsely reported dead more than three years ago was killed in a shootout with federal forces in western Mexico early on Sunday, the government said.
Magnitude 6.0 quake hits in Oaxaca, Mexico: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.0 quake hit in Oaxaca state in southwestern Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday.
The children of Japan’s Fukushima battle an invisible enemy
KORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) – Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it’s like to play outside — fear of radiation has kept them in doors for much of their short lives.
Maldives court sacks elections officials for disobedience
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed the country’s top elections officials for failing to follow its guidelines during last year’s presidential polls and for disbanding eight political parties ahead of a parliamentary electio…
