Thai protesters step up campaign to oust government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters surrounded Thailand’s Interior Ministry and forced the evacuation of four others on Tuesday, intensifying their campaign to bring down the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Iraq says no success tracing killers of Iranian dissidents
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq is hunting militants, still unidentified, who led a deadly attack on an Iranian dissident camp near Baghdad and dismisses suggestions its own security forces were behind the violence, a senior government official said.
EU demands protection against U.S. data surveillance
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission called on Tuesday for new protection for Europeans under United States’ law against misuse of personal data, in an attempt to keep in check the U.S. surveillance revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snow…
Once-bitten Sharif to appoint new Pakistani army chief
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, will this week name a new army chief who, if all goes well, could help the nuclear-armed nation shake off a legacy of coups and instability.
Egypt investigates disappearance of author critical of Islam
CAIRO (Reuters) – Police in Cairo are investigating the disappearance of an Egyptian-born German author and critic of Islam, security sources said on Tuesday, months after a cleric declared him an infidel and called for his death.
Ex-UK minister not conspiracy victim in ‘pleb’ row: prosecutors
LONDON (Reuters) – A British government minister who resigned after a foul-mouthed altercation with armed police outside Prime Minister David Cameron’s office was not the victim of “a conspiracy of misinformation” to smear him, prosecutors said on Tues…
Indian dentist couple handed life sentence for killing daughter
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court sentenced a dentist couple to life in prison on Tuesday for the murder of their 14-year-old daughter and a Nepalese servant five years ago, concluding a sensational trial that has sharply divided public opinion.
Philippine Senate approves $2.28 billion reconstruction budget
MANILA. (Reuters) – The Philippine Congress set up a reconstruction fund of 100 billion pesos ($2.28 billion) on Tuesday after approving next year’s 2.2 trillion peso national budget, 13 percent higher than this year’s figure.
Two Swedish journalists missing in Syria
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden is investigating the disappearance of two Swedish journalists who are missing in Syria, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Turks worry as sons go to fight in Syria
SANLIURFA, Turkey (Reuters) – Abu Huseyin says he has sent dozens of people from this ancient city in southeastern Turkey to join jihadist groups in northern Syria and vows to continue helping them fulfill what he says is their duty to God.
