Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth summit
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Allegations that ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka are being subjected to abuses four years after the army won a civil war against separatist rebels have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit….
Single-minded Islamic Jihad grows in Gaza’s shadows
GAZA (Reuters) – Hours after Israeli special forces killed Mohammed Assi in a shootout last month in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both tried to cloak themselves in his legacy.
Western-backed Syrian opposition names cabinet for rebel areas
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Western-backed Syrian National Coalition opposition grouping named a provisional government on Tuesday for rebel-held areas after three days of heated discussions in Istanbul, and despite Western opposition, coalition members said…
Last Jew in Afghanistan faces ruin as kebabs fail to sell
KABUL (Reuters) – Zabulon Simintov always removes his kippah, the skullcap worn by Jewish men, before entering his cafe in a dilapidated building that also houses Afghanistan’s last synagogue.
Singapore arrests man, investigates others over hacker attacks
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore charged on Tuesday a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking a website linked to the prime minister and police said five other men were assisting in separate investigations into a recent series of high-profile hacker attack…
Tanker hijackings raise piracy concerns in seas around Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Two tanker hijackings in about a month in the South China Sea and Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of sea borne oil trade, have fuelled fears piracy could be on the rise in the area, potentially driving up ship insuranc…
‘Lack of U.S. cooperation’ halts Afghan probe into civilian killings
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s intelligence service has abandoned its investigation into the murder of a group of civilians after being refused access to U.S. special forces soldiers suspected of involvement, according to a document obtained by Reuter…
Egypt is worst Arab state for women, Comoros best: poll
LONDON, Nov 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sexual harassment, high rates of female genital cutting and a surge in violence and Islamist feeling after the Arab Spring uprisings have made Egypt the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman, a poll…
Far-right rioters leave trail of destruction in Polish capital
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police used rubber bullets on Monday to break up groups of masked far-right youths who threw firecrackers and set fire to cars when a nationalist march through the center of the capital turned violent.
Angry Shi’ites storm Schlumberger camp at Iraq’s Rumaila oilfield
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Dozens of angry Shi’ite Muslim workers and tribesmen stormed a Schlumberger Ltd camp at one of Iraq’s main oilfields and wrecked offices early on Monday after accusing a foreign security adviser of insulting their religion, poli…
