China’s execution of kebab vendor triggers outcry
BEIJING (Reuters) – The execution of a Chinese kebab vendor convicted of killing two city officials has sparked public criticism of a justice system said to harshly punish the poor, while letting off the rich and powerful more lightly.
Militants kill 10 in attack on government offices in north Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Militants launched a coordinated assault against local government and police buildings in northern Iraq on Wednesday, with suicide car bombs and mortar attacks killing at least 10 people, police and medical sources said.
U.S. shift needed for Syria peace deal: Putin ally
MOSCOW (Reuters) – World leaders will be able to secure a peace deal in Syria only if Washington drops demands for President Bashar al-Assad’s removal and the threat of air strikes, an ally of President Vladimir Putin said.
Right wing strong on Europe fears ahead of Austria poll
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) appears likely to raise its share of the vote in Sunday elections, drawing on fears over bailouts for needier euro zone countries and the cost of supporting asylum seekers.
Renewed push at U.N. for Syria resolution followed by peace talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama appealed to the United Nations on Tuesday to back tough consequences for Syria if it refuses to give up chemical weapons and urged Russia and Iran to end their support for Syrian President Bashar al-Ass…
Arrested Briton ‘not significant’ to Kenya attack probe
LONDON (Reuters) – A British national arrested in Nairobi is “not of significant interest” to the investigation into the mall siege that killed at least 72 people, Britain’s top diplomat in Kenya said on Wednesday.
China adoption agency furious over ‘child exchange’ report
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s adoption agency said it was “very shocked and furious” about the findings in a Reuters report that exposed how U.S. parents use the Internet to abandon unwanted children they have adopted from abroad, including China.
Bomb kills Yemen security official in volatile south: agency
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – A Yemeni lieutenant colonel was killed on Wednesday by a bomb planted in his car, the state news agency said, the latest in a string of attacks on security officials blamed by government on Islamist insurgents.
Nigerian Senate to investigate security force killings in Abuja
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Senate has opened an investigation into the killing of at least seven people by security forces in Abuja in what authorities said was a gunbattle with Islamist militants but witnesses said was an attack on unarmed squatters….
Protests erupt in Khartoum after fuel subsidies lifted
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, witnesses and activists said, as dissent against the lifting of fuel subsidies spread.
