Polio outbreak in northeast Syria risks spreading, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, and could spread inside and outside the country, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates.
India police say Islamists behind attack on opposition rally
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi that killed six people and wounded more than 80, police said on Tuesday.
India police say Islamists behind attack on opposition rally
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi that killed six people and wounded more than 80, police said on Tuesday.
EU makes new bid to reach deal on Ukraine’s jailed Tymoshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – European Union mediators were to resume a push on Tuesday aimed at securing the release of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, with EU politicians warning that time is running out for the signing of a landmark trade agreement…
Leaders of South African ‘Boer Army’ plot receive long jail terms
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Five leaders of a “Boer Army” white supremacist plot in South Africa to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country were sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday after a trial lasting more than 10 years.
China suspects Tiananmen crash a suicide attack- sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities investigating what could be Beijing’s first major suicide attack were searching for two men from Muslim-dominated Xinjiang on Tuesday after three people suspected to be from the restive region drove a SUV into a …
Judge in Brotherhood trial withdraws, case indefinitely adjourned
CAIRO (Reuters) – The trial of three senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of inciting violence was halted on Tuesday after the judge said the court felt “unease” over the case.
Saudi Arabia frees man jailed for Mohammad tweets: sources
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi blogger was freed on Tuesday, 20 months after he was detained for publishing an imaginary conversation with Islam’s Prophet Mohammad on Twitter, his friend and a lawyer said, though there was no confirmation from the governme…
China’s top court urges judicial independence, end to interference
BEIJING (Reuters) – China must rid its courts of corruption and stop officials interfering in decisions, a paper on reforms by the top court said on Tuesday, referring to a judicial system that answers to the Communist Party and almost never sides with…
Vietnam court sentences Facebook campaigner to house arrest
HANOI (Reuters) – A Vietnamese Facebook user who campaigned online for the release of his brother jailed for criticizing the government was handed on Tuesday the relatively light sentence of 15 months of house arrest for “abusing” his freedom.
