Trial ends of China’s ousted Bo, verdict to come later
BEIJING (Reuters) – The trial of ousted former senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai ended on Monday, with the verdict due at an unspecified later date, state news agency Xinhua said.
Eyes online, milk powder firms count cost of China probes
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Global milk powder firms are scrutinizing Chinese social media reports up to four times a day to gauge consumer reaction to a high-profile pricing probe and food safety scare that threaten their squeaky-clean image in the $14.5 bil…
U.S. urges restraint as fighting escalates in eastern Congo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Sunday it was alarmed by an escalation in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and Congolese soldiers, and again called on neighboring Rwanda to stop its support for the re…
U.N. experts in Syria to visit site of poison gas attack
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.N. weapons experts are due on Monday to inspect a site where poison gas killed many hundreds of people in Damascus suburbs, amid calls from Western capitals for military action to punish the world’s worst apparent chemical weapons …
Trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders political, says lawyer
CAIRO (Reuters) – The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was beaten by police during his arrest, and his trial is part of an attempt by the military to eliminate its political foes, a defense lawyer said on Sunday.
Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Mubarak face trial in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the movement’s former arch-foe Hosni Mubarak faced separate trials on Sunday on similar charges of involvement in the killing of protesters.
Russian opposition leader briefly held after mayor campaign rally
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics, was briefly detained by police on Sunday after a big campaign rally in his bid to become Moscow mayor.
Mexico migrant cargo train ‘La Bestia’ derails, at least six dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least six people were killed when a cargo train nicknamed “La Bestia,” or “The Beast,” on which would-be migrants hitch rides toward the U.S. border, derailed in a remote area of southern Mexico on Sunday, state officials sai…
Obama discusses Syria with France’s Hollande
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama discussed a possible coordinated international response to the reported use of chemical weapons against civilians in Syria with French President Francois Hollande, the White House said on Sunday.
Bombs, shootings kill at least 47 across Iraq: police
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – Car bombs, roadside bombs and shootings killed at least 47 people in Iraq on Sunday, police and medical sources said, as tensions intensify between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims across the Middle East.
