Iraq’s Kurdistan region sets quota for Syrian refugees: aid agencies
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian refugees continue to stream over the border into northern Iraq, where the Kurdistan regional government has put in place a daily quota of 3,000, aid agencies said on Tuesday.
Iran’s president still undecided on his nuclear negotiator
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani is still deciding who will lead talks with world powers on Iran’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, more than two months after the moderate cleric was elected.
Divisive trial in China may start early, with secret session
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of the charges against disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai relates to his flouting the authority of central leaders in Beijing, sources said, an allegation so sensitive that his trial could start one day sooner to hear it in s…
Wrecked Fukushima plant springs highly radioactive water leak
TOKYO (Reuters) – Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
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.
Afghan attorney-general retains post despite presidential anger
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan Attorney-General Muhammad Isaaq Aloko has kept his job despite a decision by an angry President Hamid Karzai to sack him over an unauthorized approach to the Taliban, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday.
U.N. fails to bridge Israeli-Arab divide on nuclear-free region
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. atomic agency chief Yukiya Amano has not been able to narrow Israeli-Arab differences on how to move towards a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, but will keep trying, according to a report by his office.
Qatar sends second shipment of LNG to Egypt
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Qatar has sent its second tanker this month of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Egypt, struggling to cover its energy needs even before the removal of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi unleashed deadly violence.
Malaysian police use old law to crack down on violent crime
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police, under pressure to tackle a rise in violent crime, have arrested more than 200 people since the weekend under a little used law that enables them to hold suspects for 72 days without charge.
Son seeks fair trial for disgraced Chinese leader
BEIJING (Reuters) – The son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has urged authorities to grant his father the opportunity to defend himself when he stands trial later this week, the New York Times said on Tuesday.
