Two held in Afghanistan over killing of Indian writer
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police have detained two insurgents suspected of killing an Indian author who they accused of spying, a provincial police chief said on Tuesday.
School bomb attack kills two in southern Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb attack by suspected Muslim rebels on a school in southern Thailand killed two soldiers on Tuesday, part of a patrol sent there to protect the teachers, police said.
Iran supports proposal on Syria chemical weapons – official
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran supports Russia’s offer to work with Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Thai cabinet approves $659 million rubber subsidy scheme: spokesman
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai cabinet has approved a 21.2 billion baht ($659 million) budget for subsidies for rubber farmers, double the amount initially proposed last week, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
French unions march in protests against pension reform
PARIS (Reuters) – French unions take to the streets on Tuesday in protest against a reform of the country’s indebted pension system, with some disruption in transport expected but no mass upheaval against an overhaul seen as moderate in scope.
Syria’s Assad regime likely responsible for chemical attack: rights group
(Reuters) – Evidence strongly suggests Syrian government forces were responsible for a poison gas attack that killed more than 1,400 people, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, contradicting repeated denials by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Colombia’s Santos vows to thwart Nicaragua’s ‘expansionist plans’
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday he will do everything in his power to prevent Nicaragua’s “expansionist” ambitions over domestic territory and called an international court ruling that gave waters to Nicaragua i…
Thailand plans to double subsidy on rubber: farm minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s cabinet will discuss a proposal on Tuesday to double the subsidy paid to rubber farmers to compensate for low prices, the agriculture minister said, but that may not be enough to placate some farmers who plan further prot…
Egypt tightens Sinai security, assesses militant threat
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has tightened control of crossings from the Sinai peninsula and continued assaults on militants after an Islamist group based there said it tried to kill the interior minister in Cairo last week, the state news agency reported o…
Dismantling Syria chemical weapons arsenal would be tough task
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Any deal with Syria to hand over its chemical weapons in the middle of a chaotic civil war would be difficult for inspectors to enforce and destroying them would likely take years, U.S. officials and experts caution.
