Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new government, striving to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a move condemned as “shocking and retrograde” by rights group Amnesty International.
Gulf drive against Hezbollah may hit ordinary Shi’ites
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states are punishing Hezbollah for its role in Syria by expelling Lebanese expatriates linked to the group in a move that could victimize Shi’ite Muslims with no ties to the militants apart from their shared religious faith….
Hollande shuns fight with protected jobs as EU pressure builds
PARIS (Reuters) – It looks like a bread line in Soviet Russia, but the queue snaking away from Paris’s Opera Garnier house on a Saturday night is full of tourists waiting for a different sort of scarce commodity: a taxi to bring them home.
South American leftist leaders rally for Bolivia in Snowden saga
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters) – South America’s most outspoken leftist leaders demanded an explanation and public apology from four European countries on Thursday after Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane was diverted this week on suspicions that fug…
British police launch inquiry into missing Madeleine McCann
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Thursday they had begun their own investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished in Portugal six years ago at age three, saying they had new leads and had identified 38 potential suspect…
Mexican generals accused of ties with drug cartel set free
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of three generals and two other officers accused of collaborating with a drug cartel after investigators determined there was insufficient evidence against them.
Islamist gunmen stage multiple attacks in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen staged multiple attacks on security forces in Egypt’s troubled Sinai Peninsula early on Friday, two days after the army overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, security sources and state television reported…
Vatican bank told of “clear failings” at meeting: source
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A preliminary inquiry by the Vatican bank after the arrest of a Vatican prelate on suspicion of trying to smuggle huge sums of money into Italy from Switzerland found “clear failings” at the institution, a source close to the b…
Sudan’s Turabi denounces Mursi’s ousting
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, a prominent Sunni scholar, denounced on Thursday the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi as a “coup against legitimacy”, while the Khartoum government gave a cautious …
South American leftist leaders rally to Bolivia’s side in Snowden saga
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters) – South America’s most outspoken leftist leaders gathered on Thursday to rally behind Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose plane was diverted in Europe this week on suspicions that fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edwa…
