Pakistani court sentences mentally ill Briton to death for blasphemy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has handed a death sentence for blasphemy to a 69-year-old Briton with a history of mental illness, even though his lawyers were barred from the courtroom partway through the trial, the law firm said on Friday.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in northern Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man on Friday and wounded another in a cross-border confrontation with protesters in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian hospital officials said.
Third of Indian voters want BJP’s Modi for prime minister: poll
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A third of Indian voters want Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi to be their next prime minister, placing him well ahead of his rivals in general elections due by May, according to the latest in a series of opinion polls that show ri…
Greece faces criticism over migrant boat drownings
ATHENS (Reuters) – A migrant boat mishap that killed at least two and left 10 missing has become the latest headache for Greece’s government, which had to deny claims its coast guard triggered it by towing the boat toward Turkish waters.
U.N. nuclear chief says still ‘long way to go’ on Iran
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear chief said on Friday there was “still a long way to go” to resolve a decade-old dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, a note of caution days after Tehran curbed its atomic activity under an interim deal with world pow…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in northern Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man on Friday and wounded another in a cross-border confrontation with protesters in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian hospital officials said.
Kyrgyzstan says kills 11 Uighur militants near Chinese border
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Eleven people believed to be members of a militant group of ethnic Uighurs have been killed in Kyrgyzstan after illegally crossing into the former Soviet republic from China, Kyrgyz border guards said on Friday.
Poland to look into new allegations about secret CIA jail
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors investigating allegations the CIA ran a secret jail in a Polish forest said on Friday they will look into a newspaper report that gave new accounts about the alleged “black site.”
Pakistani court condemns mentally ill Briton to death for blasphemy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has handed a death sentence for blasphemy to a 69-year-old Briton with a history of mental illness, even though his lawyers were barred from the courtroom partway through the trial, the lawyers said on Friday.
Erdogan threatens to unveil graft accusations against rival
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Friday to t divulge a file of corruption allegations against the main opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor, raising the stakes in a political battle after a graft investigation i…
