China continues rights abuses even as labor camps ditched -Amnesty
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is increasingly using extra-judicial “black jails” and drug rehabilitation centers to punish people who would formerly have been sent to forced labor camps, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Syria region where polio found excluded from 2012 vaccination drive
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government excluded the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor – where polio broke out this year – from a 2012 vaccination campaign, arguing that most residents had fled although hundreds of thousands were still there,…
Analysis: China needs Western help for nuclear export ambitions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s investment in Britain’s 16 billion pound Hinkley Point project is its first foray into Europe’s nuclear power market and a marker of its global ambitions, but its firms will depend on foreign partners if they are to fulfill …
Kerry arrives in Manila to strengthen U.S. ties with old ally
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Philippines on Tuesday, seeking to modernize economic and political ties with one of America’s oldest allies in South East Asia.
Mexico’s president says he will enact energy reform soon
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Monday he would soon enact a sweeping overhaul of Mexico’s ailing energy sector which is aimed at boosting growth in Latin America’s No. 2 economy.
Russian navy ready to escort Syrian chemical weapons: Lavrov
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday its navy was ready to escort ships removing Syria’s deadly chemical stockpile, which is due to be destroyed at sea under an international deal.
China says six arrested after deadly riot in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested six people they suspect of taking part in a riot near the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, in the restive far western Muslim region of Xinjiang, in which 16 people were killed, the regional government said…
Exclusive: Congo’s army accused of abuse as rebels regroup in Rwanda: U.N. experts
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Recently defeated M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued to recruit fighters in neighboring Rwanda while the Congolese army has been involved in human rights abuses and corruption, according to …
Brazil opposition settling on presidential candidate as rival bows out
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s main opposition party moved closer to selecting a presidential nominee on Monday, after its candidate in the last election backed Senator Aecio Neves, former governor of Minas Gerais, the country’s second-most populous st…
Interpol joins hunt for Mexican drug lord sought by U.S
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The search for a Mexican drug lord wanted for the murder of a U.S. federal agent expanded on Monday when Interpol issued a wanted persons alert for Rafael Caro Quintero, who disappeared in August.
