Japan’s Fukushima plant has been leaking contaminated water ‘for two years’
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government believes radiation-contaminated water has been leaking into the Pacific Ocean from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for the past two years, an industry ministry official told reporters on Wednesday.
China detains prominent Bo Xilai supporter ahead of trial
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have detained a prominent leftist supporter of disgraced high-flying politician Bo Xilai who had urged people to protest against Bo’s upcoming trial, underlining government nervousness about the case.
Pakistani soldiers wounded in new Kashmir confrontation with India
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire with Indian troops along the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir in the latest flare-up of tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, officials on both sides said …
Qatar says prisoners release key to resolving Egypt’s crisis
DOHA (Reuters) – Egypt must release jailed Muslim Brotherhood leaders to help resolve a political crisis following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Gunmen kill Mubarak-era parliamentarian in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday killed a politician who was a member of parliament during the era of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, security sources said.
Norway’s opposition widens poll lead ahead of September 9 vote
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s center-right opposition extended its already big lead over the Labor-led government, indicating an almost certain defeat for Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in a September 9 election after two straight terms in office, a poll …
Italy agrees to take in stranded migrants after Malta refuses
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Italy on Tuesday night agreed to take 102 migrants stranded on a tanker in the Mediterranean after Malta refused to allow them entry for three days.
Bombs target Iraqi shoppers, killing more than 50
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombs targeting busy markets and shopping streets in and around Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical and police sources said, part of a surge in violence in recent mon…
Singapore drops contempt charges against cartoonist in return for apology
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has dropped charges against a political cartoonist in return for an apology for publishing comic strips deemed to be in contempt of court, an offence that could have landed him in jail.
Seventeen killed in drug gang fight in Honduras: officials
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – At least 17 people died in a battle between drug gangs over a cocaine shipment in the isolated Mosquito Coast of Honduras, government officials said on Tuesday.
