CAIRO – Egypt’s highest appeals court has overturned death sentences for 36 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which the government has labelled a terrorist group, and ordered a retrial. It’s the second time in two months that the Court of Cassation reversed death sentences handed down to Islamists in cursory …
Read More »Myanmar troops recover bodies of 13 rebels in renewed clashes along China border
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar troops fighting ethnic rebels near the Chinese border have recovered the bodies of 13 insurgents and captured eight others following heavy government losses this week, state media reported Sunday. The clashes are some of the fiercest in the country in two years and threaten to derail …
Read More »Demonstrators protest violence against women near university of murdered student
ISTANBUL – About 15,000 people marched in a southern Turkish city Wednesday in remembrance of a student whose murder last week after an attempted rape has galvanized public outrage about violence against women. Twenty-year-old Ozgecan Aslan’s body was found Friday burned in a riverbed. She was last seen two days …
Read More »Coca-Cola bottler suspends operations in Mexican city following attacks on workers, trucks
MEXICO CITY – Coca-Cola’s largest bottler in Mexico has temporarily suspended operations in the capital of the embattled state of Guerrero following attacks on its workers and its trucks. Alma Beltran, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola Femsa SA, says the decision to stop supplying Chilpancingo was to “guarantee the safety of …
Read More »One-third of detainees in Afghanistan conflict report being tortured, UN says
KABUL, Afghanistan – More than one in three Afghans detained on conflict-related allegations say they were tortured or mistreated, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday based on interviews with nearly 800 detainees. The detainees reported 16 torture methods, including beatings, suspension from walls or ceilings, electric shocks and near-asphyxiation. …
Read More »Indian court acquits 6 men of killing 3 British men during 2002 religious riots
AHMADABAD, India – A court in western India has acquitted six men accused of killing three British tourists during religious riots in 2002. The court in Gujarat state said Friday that it found no evidence against the accused. The three British Muslims were killed in the riots that erupted in …
Read More »Officials: 2 dead in murder-suicide aboard Holland America cruise ship in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A couple was found dead Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide aboard a Holland America cruise ship that docked in Puerto Rico, officials said. The unidentified man and woman were in their 50s and from Cleveland, Ohio, police Sgt. Ricardo Cruz told The Associated Press. Cruz …
Read More »Turkey: 2 suspects detained over Fenerbahce team bus attack
ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish official says police have detained two people suspected of involvement in an attack on a bus that was carrying Fenerbahce players. The bus was shot at Saturday near the northern city of Trabzon on the team’s return to the airport from a 5-1 win against …
Read More »Argentine government summons British ambassador about news report alleging electronic spying
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Argentine government has summoned Britain’s ambassador to answer questions about a recent news report that alleged the British conducted electronic spying on the South American country. According to a statement Thursday, the Foreign Ministry called British Ambassador John Freeman to speak about last week’s report …
Read More »International Whaling Commission panel says new Japanese Antarctic whaling plan not convincing
TOKYO – An International Whaling Commission panel says Japan’s revised plan for research whaling in the Antarctic still lacks a convincing explanation of why it needs to kill the mammals. Commercial whaling was banned by the commission in 1986, but Japan has continued to kill whales under an exemption for …
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