Russia says no plans yet to destroy Syrian chemical arms on own soil
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has no current plans to destroy Syrian chemical weapons on its own territory under a Russia-U.S. deal to eliminate President Bashar al-Assad’s stockpiles, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday.
Vote in Sri Lanka’s north stirs Tamil calls for army to get out
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Voters in northern Sri Lanka go to the polls on Saturday in a provincial election that threatens to stir up old animosity between the government and ethnic minority Tamils.
Children find 10 handcuffed, blindfolded corpses in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Children discovered the handcuffed and blindfolded corpses of 10 unidentified young men in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, apparently killed by gunshots to the head, Iraqi police said.
Days before death, Pakistani ganglord vowed to protect Karachi turf
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Days before he was killed in a drive-by shooting in Karachi, one of Pakistan’s most feared men said he would rather see the city in ruin than give up control over his turf in the country’s volatile commercial capital.
Fourteen Alawites killed by bomb in central Syria: group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed at least 14 members of President Bashar al-Assad’s minority Alawite on Thursday in the central Syrian province of Homs, an opposition monitoring group said.
African leaders to hold summit on Kenya’s ICC cases
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital on October 13 to take a common stance on whether to join Kenya’s planned pull-out from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the prosecution of its leaders, officials said…
Passenger train, bus collide in Canada’s capital, six dead
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A passenger train and a double-decker city bus collided on the outskirts of Ottawa on Wednesday, killing six people on the bus and injuring 30 others, emergency officials said.
Blackout hits large parts of Yemen after attack on power lines
SANAA (Reuters) – Large parts of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, have been left without electricity after Yemeni tribesmen attacked power lines on Thursday, a Yemeni official said.
Diplomatic tension over Hong Kong exposes fragility of hopes for democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – From China warning Western nations to stop meddling in Hong Kong to Communist Party-backed newspapers describing “plots” by foreign spies to seize the city, a growing row over electoral reform has exposed the fragility of hopes fo…
Freed Iranian lawyer Sotoudeh expects government to release others
DUBAI (Reuters) – Newly-released Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said on Thursday she expected President Hassan Rouhani’s government to free hundreds of other people jailed for their political beliefs to show it is serious about reform.
