Crime / Law / Justice
10 bodies found at looted S.African mall following stampede
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The bodies of 10 people were found on Monday evening after a stampede at a Soweto...
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Iran says it is holding talks on prisoner exchanges with U.S.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it was holding talks on prisoner exchanges with the United States aimed at...
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Self-censorship expected as Hong Kong book fair held under national security law
By Sara Cheng and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - For the first time, veteran Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Pang...
Read moreSeveral killed in western Canada as crane collapses- police
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A crane attached to a high-rise under construction in Kelowna, British Columbia, collapsed on Monday causing multiple...
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Venezuela announces terrorism charges against Guaido ally after highway arrest
By Sarah Kinosian and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan prosecutors on Monday said they had charged opposition politician Freddy Guevara...
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South Africa deploys army to quell unrest linked to Zuma jailing
By Tim Cocks and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa deployed soldiers on Monday to quell violence that erupted following...
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Bulgaria faces instability as anti-elite group eyes narrow election win
By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria faced prolonged political instability on Monday after a national election appeared to result in...
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Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstates parliament; orders new PM to be appointed
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday reinstated its parliament, which was dissolved by caretaker Prime Minister...
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hit by new charges in Mandalay court
(Reuters) -Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional criminal charges, filed in a court in the...
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Philippines calls allegation of China election influence ‘nonsense’
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's office on Monday described as "nonsense" a suggestion by a former foreign minister...
Read moreEU rights official decries Polish curbs on media in tussle over U.S.-owned broadcaster
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The top EU rights official expressed concern on Monday over curbs on media freedom in Poland where...
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South Africa violence spreads to Johannesburg in wake of Zuma jailing
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Shops were looted overnight, a section of highway was closed and stick-wielding protesters marched through...
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No clear winner emerges from Bulgarian parliamentary election
By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria's parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear winner on Sunday, exit polls showed, with...
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In S.Africa, 28 arrested and highway closed over pro-Zuma protests
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African police said on Saturday that 28 people had been arrested and one of the country's biggest...
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Chile fatal shooting sparks tensions with indigenous Mapuche
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Police shot dead a Mapuche man in Chile's Araucania province on Friday, stoking tensions with...
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Spain holds three in custody over suspected homophobic killing
MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish court remanded three people in custody on Friday on suspicion of beating a man to death...
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Mexico president casts video of brother taking cash as political smear
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday shrugged off a video showing one...
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Biden presses Putin to act on ransomware attacks, hints at retaliation
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin on...
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Honduran police arrest five after mob of 600 lynches Italian man
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran police on Friday arrested five suspects for their role in killing an Italian man, who was...
Read moreMexican magnate wanted for tax fraud has left country, govt says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A prominent Mexican businessman who faces tax fraud charges left Mexico earlier this year, the government...
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