Kuwait executes three men convicted of murder
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait executed three men on Monday who had been convicted of murder, the first executions in the Gulf Arab state since 2007, state news agency KUNA reported.
U.S. F-22 stealth jets join South Korea drills amid saber-rattling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.
Iran sanctions spur boom for Pakistani diesel smugglers
JOGAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Some of the contraband is spirited across the mountains in Pepsi bottles carried by child smugglers. Yet more is loaded into pick-up trucks or siphoned into barrels and strapped onto mules.
Britain’s Osborne defends welfare cuts after church attacks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government on Monday defended a raft of new welfare spending cuts, a key plank of efforts to rein in spending as the economy flounders, after church leaders attacked the changes as unjust.
U.S. F-22 stealth jets join South Korea drills amid saber-rattling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea.
Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers near Golan Heights
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will hold them captive until President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pull back from a rebel-held village which has seen heavy recent fighting.
U.N. set to sanction three North Koreans, two entities: draft
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is set to blacklist two North Korean enterprises and three individuals working for North Korean entities involved in arms trade and Pyongyang’s missile program, according to a draft resolution.
South Africa holds memorial for Mozambican dragged along road
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Hundreds of mourners, including politicians and colleagues, gathered on Wednesday for a memorial service for Mido Macia, the Mozambican taxi driver who died in a South African cell after being dragged behind a police vehicle.
U.S. envoy walks out of nuclear meeting over Iran’s Israel remark
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations nuclear watchdog stormed out of an agency meeting on Wednesday in protest when Iran’s representative accused Israel of “genocide”, diplomats said
Mourning Venezuelans parade Chavez’s coffin, prepare for election
CARACAS (Reuters) – Shattered supporters of Hugo Chavez paraded his coffin through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in a flood of emotion that allies hope will help his deputy win an election and keep his self-styled revolution alive.
