Gulf Shi’ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) – Shi’ite Muslims in the Gulf, alarmed by the shrill sectarian rhetoric of some Sunni clerics after Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia entered Syria’s civil war, fear they will be blamed and may be victimized for the bloodshed.
Across Asia, officials’ e-mails may be vulnerable
JAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Government and security officials in parts of Asia have been sending sensitive information and policy documents via e-mail services offered by U.S. web giants, and concerns are spreading that these may have been monitored an…
Across Asia, officials’ e-mails may be vulnerable
JAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Government and security officials in parts of Asia have been sending sensitive information and policy documents via e-mail services offered by U.S. web giants, and concerns are spreading that these may have been monitored an…
Preview: Iran election offers choice, but little change
DUBAI (Reuters) – Friday’s presidential election in Iran is unlikely to bring significant change to the Islamic republic, whose supreme leader has ensured hardline candidates dominate the field. But the sole moderate could yet upset the race.
Polish prosecutors get more time for CIA jail probe
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors have extended until early October the five-year-old criminal investigation into allegations that the CIA ran secret jails on Polish soil, a case human rights campaigners say the authorities are deliberately draggin…
Khamenei is erasing Iran’s presidency, Bani-Sadr says
VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) – Exiled former Iranian president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr accused Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday of using this week’s presidential election to weaken the office and cement his own power.
Pakistan tries anew to end insurgency in resource-rich Baluchistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has pledged to rein in human rights abuses by security forces in the huge, resource-rich province of Baluchistan as a first step towards starting talks to end a long-running insurgency waged by guerrillas seeking an indep…
Thai Muslims debate their future as peace talks raise hope
PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) – Huddled in a room on the periphery of a university campus in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Muslim students debate ideas that have long been considered inflammatory or even treasonous.
U.S. sanctions four Lebanese men, accuses them of aiding Hezbollah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for Hezbollah in West Africa, as Washington seeks to cut off sources of cash for the Lebanese militant group.
Sudan officially notifies it will halt oil exports
JUBA (Reuters) – Sudan officially informed South Sudan on Tuesday that it would freeze their oil and economic agreements and stop allowing its neighbor to export crude through its territory within two months.
