Russia’s former ‘grey cardinal’ denies new Kremlin role
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The architect of Russia’s tightly controlled political system denied on Tuesday he had accepted an offer to return to the Kremlin, according to a friend, a move that would strengthen liberals in President Vladimir Putin’s inner circl…
Muslim Rohingya asylum seekers escape Thai detention center
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A group of Muslim Rohingya asylum-seekers in southern Thailand escaped from an immigration detention center on Tuesday, highlighting the growing desperation of a stateless minority fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar.
Cornered Hamas looks back at Iran, Hezbollah
GAZA (Reuters) – Stunned by turmoil in neighboring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party.
Saudi border guards shoot Yemeni in border clash: tribal chief
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi border guards killed a Yemeni man and wounded another on Tuesday when they opened fire on a group of Yemeni tribesmen who attacked construction workers building Saudi Arabia’s security fence on the border with Yemen, a tribal ch…
Bangladesh charges U.S.-based rights group with contempt
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh prosecutors on Tuesday charged Human Right Watch with contempt of court after the New York-based rights group criticized the conviction of a top Islamist politician on war crimes charges.
Britain rejects Spanish request for Gibraltar talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain rejected a Spanish proposal to hold one-on-one talks over the sovereignty of the contested British overseas territory of Gibraltar on Tuesday after Spain issued an appeal for such negotiations to be held “as soon as possible”…
Victims of domestic violence face uphill battle for protection in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yulia endured three years of almost daily rapes and beatings before she fled her husband with her four children, living for the next year in constant fear he would find them.
Britain defends detention of Snowden writer’s partner
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday defended the detention under anti-terrorism powers of the partner of a journalist who has written about U.S. and British surveillance programs based on leaks by Edward Snowden, saying it had a duty “to protect the …
Egyptian court to review petition for Mubarak’s release on Wednesday
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court will on Wednesday review a petition for the release of deposed President Hosni Mubarak filed by his lawyer, judicial sources said.
Horror of North Korean prison camps exposed at U.N. panel hearing
SEOUL (Reuters) – Public executions and torture are daily occurrences in North Korea’s prisons, according to dramatic testimony from former inmates at a U.N. Commission of Inquiry that opened in South Korea’s capital on Tuesday.
