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| Bahrain prince does not enjoy immunity over torture claims, UK court rules | | | By Ahmed Aboulenein LONDON (Reuters) - A British court ruled on Tuesday that Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who has been accused of torturing detainees in Bahrain, does not enjoy immunity from prosecution in Britain. A Bahraini citizen, known only as FF, had sought the arrest of the son of Bahrain's king following allegations that he was directly involved in the torture of three prisoners in Bahrain during a pro-democracy uprising there in 2011. FF, who says he himself was tortured, was granted refugee status and now lives in Britain. ... |
| Thai martial law to stay until sweeping reforms in place - PM | |  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday dismissed calls to lift martial law, saying it would continue until sweeping national reforms are in place, despite calls by tourism bodies to scrap a measure that has deterred many visitors. Martial law was declared on May 20, two days before the army seized power in a bloodless coup following months of sometimes violent street protests aimed at ousting then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. ...
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| Crime controls 25 percent of world sport, anti-doping chief says | |  By Ossian Shine LONDON (Reuters) - The man tasked with eliminating drug cheats says criminal gangs now control a quarter of all world professional sport. David Howman, director-general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, called for everyone involved in the fight against sports corruption to band together to ensure the "bad guys" don't win. "The biggest threat to sport is organised crime," Howman told delegates in London for a conference on securing sport. "Don't let us compartmentalise it into match-fixing or bribery, it's organised crime. ...
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| Hong Kong protests at crossroads as traffic, frustration pile up | |  By Donny Kwok and John Ruwitch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's dwindling pro-democracy protesters relaxed blockades of key places on Tuesday, allowing some business supplies in and out, although traffic was still largely snarled and talks with the government offered little hope of a quick solution. Hundreds of protesters in the second week of their campaign for greater democracy were camped out on the road leading into Hong Kong's main government and business districts, the last holdouts after days of rallies that attracted tens of thousands at their peak. ...
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| Thai police chief defends investigation of murder of British tourists | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's police chief defended on Tuesday the arrest of two Myanmar men for the murder of two British tourists amid concern the pair may have admitted to the murders under duress. The bodies of Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, were found on a beach on the southern island of Koh Tao, a normally tranquil spot famous for its coral reefs and diving, last month. Miller died from drowning and blows to the head, while Witheridge died from severe head wounds, examinations by Thailand's forensics department found. ...
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| Myanmar says it will release more than 3,000 prisoners | |  By Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar on Tuesday pledged to release thousands of prisoners a month before a Southeast Asian summit, which U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders from outside the region are expected to attend. President Thein Sein pardoned 3,073 prisoners for the sake of "peace and stability" and "the rule of law", the government said on the Information Ministry website. The government did not identify the prisoners but virtually all of them were believed to have been jailed for ordinary crimes, not for their political activity. ...
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| Brother of beheaded British hostage calls for troops to fight militants | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should put troops on the ground in the Middle East to fight Islamist militants who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria and killed Western hostages, the brother of a beheaded British aid worker has said. Insurgents who are seeking to establish a caliphate in the region beheaded 47-year-old British aid worker Alan Henning last week, a killing condemned by Western leaders and British Muslim groups alike. Britain ordered air strikes against targets in Iraq last month though Prime Minister David Cameron has not yet proposed strikes against Syria. ... |
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