Chinese investigators given jail terms for torture of party official
BEIJING (Reuters) – Six Chinese Communist Party officials have been sentenced to between four and 14 years in jail for torturing another official to death, lawyers and his ex-wife said on Monday, in a case that shed light on the workings of the party’s…
Death toll from India temple stampede up to 115, search called off
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – The toll of dead from a stampede at a Hindu temple in India rose to 115 on Monday, police said, as a search ended for more victims of the second deadly crush at the site in seven years.
Analysis: Not much left for Europe’s left
PARIS (Reuters) – What is left for Europe’s mainstream center-left?
U.N. voices concern over delay to Guinea election results
CONAKRY (Reuters) – The United Nations and the international community on Sunday called upon Guinea’s electoral commission to publish results of a September 28 election aimed at completing a transition to democracy, saying it was concerned over the del…
UK police explore new line of investigation over missing McCann
LONDON (Reuters) – Police conducting a global search for Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in 2007, have come up with a new version of events surrounding her suspected abduction and want to question one unidentified man in particular.
In Egypt, deposed president’s family say Mursi won’t negotiate
CAIRO (Reuters) – The family of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi said on Sunday he would not enter any negotiations or accept any compromises following a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by military-backed authorities.
Bombs blasts across Iraq kill 25 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of bombs killed at least 25 people across Iraq on Sunday ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, police and medical sources said.
Bomb blast in Ethiopian capital kills two: state radio
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A bomb blast in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa killed two people on Sunday, state radio said.
U.N. voices concern over delay to Guinea election result
CONAKRY (Reuters) – The United Nations on Sunday called upon Guinea’s electoral commission to publish results of a September 28 election aimed at completing a transition to democracy, saying it was concerned over the delay.
France to increase troops in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – France will boost its troop presence in the Central African Republic by the end of the year under a forthcoming U.N. resolution to help prevent the country from spiraling out of control, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday…
