Bangladesh violence risks spinning out of control as polls near
DHAKA (Reuters) – When an ally in Bangladesh’s ruling coalition threatened this month to pull out of upcoming elections, elite troops broke open the gates of the party leader’s home, brushed aside his guards and hauled him away.
India removes U.S. Embassy security barriers in spat
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indian police removed concrete security barriers outside the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest in New York last we…
Saudi expulsions leave broken dreams in Africa and Asia
RIYADH/DUBAI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – More than a million people from across the world – managers, maids, accountants and laborers – have left Saudi Arabia since March, after years or even decades working in the Gulf Arab state, which sustains its own c…
Woman in China dies from new strain of bird flu: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – A 73-year-old woman in China has died from a new strain of bird flu, the H10N8 virus, the Xinhua state news agency reported on Wednesday.
Dominican Republic, Haiti to resume immigration talks, Venezuela says
CARACAS (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic and Haiti have agreed to resume immigration talks that broke down last month, Venezuela said on Tuesday, as the two nations seek to resolve differences over a Dominican court ruling that could strip citizenshi…
UK rushes out welfare curbs to deter East European migrants
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he was rushing out regulations to stop migrants from the European Union being able to immediately claim welfare benefits amid public fears of an influx of Romanian and Bulgarian …
Russian bailout wins Ukraine economic respite but deepens political rift
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich has secured a $15 billion bailout from Russia, offering respite for an economy heading ever closer to default but also drawing accusations he has sold his country out to its former Soviet master….
India removes U.S. Embassy security barriers in spat
NEW DELHI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indian police removed concrete security barriers outside the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was strip-searched after her arrest in New York last we…
Crazed Israeli protester disrupts Wagner symposium in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A crazed Israeli protester, angered that a symposium on Tuesday focused on Richard Wagner, Adolf Hitler’s favorite composer, disrupted a public discussion at a Jerusalem concert hall before police removed him.
British surgeon jailed in Syria dies in detention: family
LONDON (Reuters) – A British surgeon who was arrested last November within 48 hours of arriving in Syria to volunteer as an emergency doctor has died in jail, his family and a senior British official said on Tuesday.
