Despite Bo’s trial in China, no redress for victims of his crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – The curtain may be about to fall on China’s disgraced leader Bo Xilai, but victims of the harsh brand of justice he handed out in a high-profile crime crackdown are not making any headway in their campaign for redress.
Forty journalists, support staff killed in first half 2013: report
GENEVA (Reuters) – Forty journalists and back-up staff were killed on the job in the first half of this year and the circumstances of another 27 media deaths have yet to be clarified, a media safety group reported on Monday.
U.S., China to expand military exchanges amid rows over cyber security, territory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China agreed on Monday to expand military exchanges and exercises as part of efforts to build more stable ties, despite tensions over cyber security and East Asian territorial disputes.
Snowden journalist to publish UK secrets after Britain detains partner
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The journalist who first published secrets leaked by fugitive former U.S. intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed on Monday to publish more documents and said Britain will “regret” detaining his partner for nine h…
Syrian Kurd exodus to Iraq raises prospect of cross-border action
BAGHDAD/PESHKHABOUR, Iraq (Reuters) – A sudden mass influx of 30,000 Kurdish refugees from Syria into Iraq increases the likelihood that Iraq’s Kurdish region will act to protect its kin across the border, an adviser to Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Bar…
U.S. says Zimbabwe vote flawed, won’t lift sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Zimbabwe’s recent election was flawed and it doesn’t plan to loosen sanctions against President Robert Mugabe’s government until there are signs of change in the country, the State Department said on Mo…
British police detain protesters at anti-fracking demo
BALCOMBE, England (Reuters) – British police dispersed hundreds of protesters who blocked access to an oil exploration site in rural England on Monday in an intensification of an almost month-long standoff over the nascent shale gas extraction industry…
U.S. troubled by ‘suspicious deaths’ of Egyptian prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department voiced deep concern on Monday about the deaths of Muslim Brotherhood prisoners while in custody in Egypt, terming them “suspicious,” and made clear that it does not believe the Islamist group should be b…
Supporters of barred Madagascar candidate threaten protests
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Supporters of the wife of Madagascar’s deposed leader said they would take to the streets to protest against an “illegal” court ruling barring her from running in elections, threatening to bring more turmoil to the island natio…
Nigerian army says Boko Haram leader may be dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wounds some weeks after a clash with soldiers, the Nigerian military said on Monday.
