Russian opposition leader Navalny freed, vows defiance
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s chief political opponent walked free from a Russian court on Wednesday after it suspended his five-year sentence for theft, and said he could never be ‘hounded’ out of political life.
Death toll from Philippines quake at 144, more people missing
LOON, Philippines (Reuters) – The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings including an old church and a hospital.
Typhoon sideswipes Tokyo, at least 17 dead
TOKYO (Reuters) – A typhoon killed 17 people in Japan on Wednesday, most on an offshore island, but largely spared the capital and caused no new disaster as it brushed by the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power station, the plant’s operator said.
Chinese activists face arrests, travel bans before U.N. forum: experts
GENEVA (Reuters) – Chinese activists have faced detentions and travel bans ahead of a U.N. forum due to scrutinize Beijing’s human rights record, United Nations rights investigators said on Wednesday.
Britain’s PM Cameron says Snowden files damaged national security
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s national security was damaged by the Guardian newspaper’s publication of intelligence documents supplied by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.
Egypt-U.S. relations in turmoil: Egyptian foreign minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Relations between the United States and Egypt are now in turmoil and the entire Middle East could suffer, the Egyptian foreign minister said in remarks made a week after Washington moved to curtail military aid to Cairo.
China sends riot police to block new protests by flood victims
BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in eastern China dispatched riot police on Wednesday to guard against a resumption of anti-government protests after a day of clashes pitting security forces against thousands of victims of the worst floods in a century….
Dutch diplomat beaten in Moscow by unknown assailants
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Dutch diplomat was beaten up in his Moscow flat by unknown intruders, a week after Russia complained one of its envoys had been assaulted at his home in the Netherlands, the Dutch foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Russia says seeking culprits in Dutch diplomat beating
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia expressed regret on Wednesday over the beating of Dutch diplomat in his Moscow flat by unknown intruders and said it would seek out the culprits.
Hungary charges former top communist official with war crimes
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian prosecutors charged a former Communist Party official with war crimes for the first time on Wednesday over the suppression of an anti-Soviet uprising in 1956.
