Countdown appears to start for execution of foreigners in Indonesia
JAKARTA Indonesia has asked foreign embassies to send representatives to a maximum security prison ahead of the expected execution of 10 drug convicts, although an official 72-hour notice of execution has not been given yet, diplomats said on Friday.
First infant MRI study finds babies feel pain like adults
LONDON The brains of babies light up in a similar way to adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, suggesting they feel pain much like adults do, researchers said on Tuesday. In the first of its kind study using magnetic resonance imaging.
Malaysia finds 139 graves in cruel jungle trafficking camps.
Malaysia finds 139 graves in cruel jungle trafficking camps. Reuters WANG KELIAN, Malaysia Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have��.
Nigerias Boko Haram abducted 2000 women and girls - report
A 19-year-old woman told Amnesty how she had been abducted at a wedding in September 2014 alongside the bride and the brides sister and then held at a training camp in Madagali alongside hundreds of female fighters. I was among the girls. As much.
US removes prominent Myanmar businessman from sanctions list
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told Reuters last month that President Thein Sein was insincere about reform and accused the United States and the West of being too optimistic about change. Despite such doubts, the United States is likely to delist.
Thailands famous Tiger Temple raided for suspected wildlife trafficking
The temple bills itself as an animal sanctuary and tiger-breeding facility, and its abbot has denied animal cruelty and illegal trafficking. Thailand is one of the worlds biggest hubs for wildlife trafficking. In recent years, the country has tried to.
Man kills judge, 2 others on rampage through Milan courthouse
We need to find out exactly what happened and above all how it was possible to take a firearm into a courthouse, he told a news conference in Rome. This is not the first time this has happened but obviously it must be the last. The government has.
Obama warns Iran its fighters in Iraq must answer to Baghdad
WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that its fighters must respect Iraqs sovereignty and answer to the government in Baghdad in the battle against Islamic State militants. Iran-backed Shiite militias have played a major and .
Search area for Flight MH370 to double if plane not found
Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss and Chinese Transport Minister Yang Chuantang pledged to double the current search area if necessary. Should the aircraft not be found within the current search .
Sudan changes law that left rape victims punished for adultery
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sudan has overhauled a law that led to rape victims being put on trial for adultery, a crime punishable by jail, flogging or even stoning. The change comes a year after a young Ethiopian woman in Sudan was .
Bookkeeper of Auschwitz admits moral guilt at Holocaust trial
His case is unusual because unlike many of the other SS men and women who worked in concentration camps, he has spoken openly in interviews about his time at the camp in occupied Poland. Wearing a sleeveless beige sweater over a white shirt, the .
Malaysia finds 139 graves in cruel jungle trafficking camps
We were shocked by the cruelty, said Khalid, describing conditions at the 28 abandoned camps, scattered along a 50 km (30 mile) stretch of the Thai border, around which the graves were found in an operation that began on May 11. Thousands of Rohingya.
Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are US myth
DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the myth of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negotiations resume this week.
Turkey says rejects and condemns Putin calling 1915 Armenian massacre.
ISTANBUL Turkey said on Friday that it rejected and condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin calling the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide. Considering the mass killings, exiles.that Russia has carried out in the Caucasus.
Malaysia finds 139 graves at cruel jungle trafficking camps
Malaysian authorities have found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the countrys police chief said on Monday .
Saudis watch Iran talks with own atomic plans in mind
RIYADH The spectre of an atomic arms race in the worlds most volatile region has heightened the stakes in Irans nuclear talks after Saudi Arabias repeated hints it would seek its own atomic weapons if Tehran ever did the same. Riyadhs unprecedented .
Malaysia finds 139 graves at cruel jungle trafficking camps.
By Praveen Menon WANG KELIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) ��� Malaysian authorities have found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs��.
Yemen war puts 2015 crop at risk, food security worsening - FAO
ABU DHABI Conflict in Yemen is disrupting the crop planting season and threatens to create food shortages, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday. The FAO has been working since 2014 to support Yemeni farmers .