Bangladesh garment factory workers detain boss until he pays bonus
DHAKA (Reuters) – Workers at a Bangladeshi garment factory on Monday freed a garment factory boss they had held captive in his office for more than 18 hours after he paid a promised bonus.
China regrets block on Indian athletes’ travel but defends border stand
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it regretted that two Indian athletes were blocked last week from going to China but defended measures it has put in place in response to a border dispute which led to the ban on the pair travelling.
Rioting erupts in Moscow after killing blamed on migrant
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rioters smashed shop windows, stormed a warehouse and clashed with police in a Moscow neighborhood on Sunday in the biggest outbreak of anti-migrant unrest in the Russian capital in three years.
Car bomb in northern Syria kills 20: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least 20 people on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Darkoush, close to the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Malaysian court rules use of ‘Allah’ exclusive to Muslims
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) – A Malaysian court ruled on Monday that a Christian newspaper may not use the word “Allah” to refer to God, a landmark decision on an issue that has fanned religious tension and raised questions over minority rights in th…
Chinese investigators given jail terms for torture of party official
BEIJING (Reuters) – Six Chinese Communist Party officials have been sentenced to between four and 14 years in jail for torturing another official to death, lawyers and his ex-wife said on Monday, in a case that shed light on the workings of the party’s…
Death toll from India temple stampede up to 115, search called off
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – The toll of dead from a stampede at a Hindu temple in India rose to 115 on Monday, police said, as a search ended for more victims of the second deadly crush at the site in seven years.
Analysis: Not much left for Europe’s left
PARIS (Reuters) – What is left for Europe’s mainstream center-left?
U.N. voices concern over delay to Guinea election results
CONAKRY (Reuters) – The United Nations and the international community on Sunday called upon Guinea’s electoral commission to publish results of a September 28 election aimed at completing a transition to democracy, saying it was concerned over the del…
UK police explore new line of investigation over missing McCann
LONDON (Reuters) – Police conducting a global search for Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in 2007, have come up with a new version of events surrounding her suspected abduction and want to question one unidentified man in particular.
