Mexico opposition party, PRD, proposes limited energy reform
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s largest left-of-center political party proposed a plan on Monday that would revamp state-oil monopoly Pemex, but without amending the constitution to permit more private investment in the oil, gas and electricity sector…
Egypt security forces kill journalist after curfew starts, sources say
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed the bureau chief of a provincial office of state newspaper Al-Ahram on Monday after opening fire on a car they thought had tried to escape from a checkpoint enforcing a dusk-to-dawn curfew, security sou…
U.N. panel to hear accounts of North Korean human rights abuses
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.N. panel will start hearing harrowing testimony from North Korean defectors on Tuesday in a move that will likely mobilize public opinion on abuses in the one-party state that comes at or near the bottom of most measures of freedo…
Use of UK terror law to detain reporter’s partner ‘a disgrace’: lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) – British authorities came under pressure on Monday to explain why anti-terrorism powers were used to detain the partner of a reporter who wrote articles about U.S. and British surveillance programs based on leaks from Edward Snowden.
Despite Bo’s trial in China, no redress for victims of his crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – The curtain may be about to fall on China’s disgraced leader Bo Xilai, but victims of the harsh brand of justice he handed out in a high-profile crime crackdown are not making any headway in their campaign for redress.
Forty journalists, support staff killed in first half 2013: report
GENEVA (Reuters) – Forty journalists and back-up staff were killed on the job in the first half of this year and the circumstances of another 27 media deaths have yet to be clarified, a media safety group reported on Monday.
U.S., China to expand military exchanges amid rows over cyber security, territory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China agreed on Monday to expand military exchanges and exercises as part of efforts to build more stable ties, despite tensions over cyber security and East Asian territorial disputes.
Snowden journalist to publish UK secrets after Britain detains partner
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The journalist who first published secrets leaked by fugitive former U.S. intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed on Monday to publish more documents and said Britain will “regret” detaining his partner for nine h…
Syrian Kurd exodus to Iraq raises prospect of cross-border action
BAGHDAD/PESHKHABOUR, Iraq (Reuters) – A sudden mass influx of 30,000 Kurdish refugees from Syria into Iraq increases the likelihood that Iraq’s Kurdish region will act to protect its kin across the border, an adviser to Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Bar…
U.S. says Zimbabwe vote flawed, won’t lift sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Zimbabwe’s recent election was flawed and it doesn’t plan to loosen sanctions against President Robert Mugabe’s government until there are signs of change in the country, the State Department said on Mo…
