Squeaky-clean Singapore to replace head of anti-corruption unit
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Squeaky-clean Singapore is to replace the head of its anti-corruption agency after a review panel found supervisory lapses that allowed a senior officer to allegedly siphon off some S$1.7 million ($1.34 million) in public funds ov…
Thousands protest in Cambodia as opposition rejects poll result
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Cambodia’s main opposition party rallied on Tuesday to demand an international inquiry into the recent general election, rejecting the victory claimed by long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, who shows n…
Mugabe party vows to boost black ownership of Zimbabwe economy
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party said on Tuesday it would increase black ownership of the economy in the next five years after its landslide election victory, adding to investors’ concerns about the party’s political dominance…
Russia wants new round of Iran nuclear talks by next month: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday said a new round of talks between Iran and world powers over its nuclear program could no longer be delayed and should take place by mid-September.
Taliban kill Pakistan officers probing massacre of foreign climbers
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan-based Taliban fighters opened fire on a group of police officers investigating a June massacre of foreign climbers, killing three, officials said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia says barred Sudanese president’s plane for lack of permit
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority said Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s plane was barred from entering the kingdom’s airspace this week while on a flight to Iran because it did not have the right permit.
Exclusive: Syria seeks to tap frozen bank accounts for food supplies
LONDON (Reuters) – Syria is trying to tap frozen funds in foreign bank accounts to step up purchases of food stocks including wheat, as civil war and a deepening humanitarian crisis push President Bashar al-Assad to seek new ways to feed his people.
U.S. flies some personnel out of Sanaa, Yemen: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday flew some American personnel out of Sanaa, Yemen, the Pentagon said, as the United States told its citizens to leave the country and ordered the evacuation of non-essential government staff because o…
Four jailed for neo-Nazi killing spree that terrified Hungary’s Roma
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian court jailed four neo-Nazis on Tuesday for killing Roma families in a spree of racist violence in 2008 and 2009 that shocked the country and led to accusations that police had failed to protect an historically persecute…
EU says Malta has ‘humanitarian duty’ to let migrants land
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Tuesday the Maltese government, which has refused entry to a tanker carrying 102 African migrants, had a “humanitarian duty” to allow them to land as soon as possible.
