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| Gunman in Mohammad cartoon attack in Texas monitored for years | |  By Jon Herskovitz and David Schwartz GARLAND, Texas/PHOENIX (Reuters) - Federal agents for years monitored one of the two gunmen who were shot dead after opening fire with assault rifles at a heavily guarded Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. Two government sources who asked not to be named said the gunmen were roommates Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, of Phoenix. Court documents show Simpson had been under surveillance since 2006 and was convicted in 2011 of lying to FBI agents over his desire to join violent jihad in Somalia. FBI agents and police searched the two men's home at the Autumn Ridge Apartments in north-central Phoenix on Monday, cordoning off the complex and evacuating residents for several hours.
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| Pregnant 10-year-old rape victim denied abortion in Paraguay - TRFN | | | By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Paraguay's decision to deny a pregnant 10-year-old girl an abortion after she was allegedly raped by her stepfather has sparked a national debate over the country's strict abortion law. Paraguay's health minister recently refused a request from the girl's mother to terminate the pregnancy, but rights groups say the decision could put the girl's health at risk and is "tantamount to torture". In Paraguay, abortion is only allowed when the mother's life is in danger. Health Minister Antonio Barrios told Paraguay's ABC newspaper that doctors and a psychologist were providing care to the girl. |
| U.N. envoy says invited Syria opposition fighters to Geneva talks | |  U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited the leaders of opposition armed factions to consultations that he launched in Geneva on Tuesday, he told a news conference. He also said the rise of the Islamic State militant group had changed the facts on the ground since the signing of the Geneva Communiqué at an international conference three years ago, and suggested the communique be reviewed to reflect that.
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| Second suspected human trafficking camp found in Thai south | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - A second suspected human trafficking camp has been discovered in Thailand near the Malaysian border, police said on Tuesday, following a search by authorities of a mountain where 26 bodies were found in shallow graves at the weekend. The 26 bodies are believed to be illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh and were found at a suspected human trafficking camp hidden deep in the jungle in Thailand's southern Songkhla province. Every year, thousands arrive in predominantly Buddhist Thailand, brought by smugglers. On Monday, Thai police announced charges including human trafficking and holding people for ransom against a Rohingya man and three local government administrators.
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| C.African Republic militias agree to free child soldiers - U.N. | | | Armed factions in the Central African Republic have agreed to free all child soldiers and other children who may be used as cooks or messengers or for sexual purposes, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Tuesday. The deal covers an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 children and the eight main militia groups also agreed to end any new recruitment of children, according to UNICEF. "This is a major step forward for the protection of children in this country," said Mohamed Malick Fall, the UNICEF envoy to Central African Republic. |
| China prosecutors investigate former investment boss for graft | | | Chinese prosecutors are investigating the former chairman of a top investment body in the southwestern province of Sichuan for corruption, state media reported on Tuesday, as the world's second-largest economy deepens its probe into deep-seated graft. Huang Shunfu, once the chairman of Sichuan Provincial Investment Group Co. Ltd., a state-owned investment firm under Sichuan's provincial government, is suspected of taking bribes, the official Xinhua news agency said via its microblog, citing judicial authorities in the province. Sichuan Provincial Investment Group is a key player in financing construction projects in the province, and has also been involved with energy firms. Sichuan was once a stronghold of disgraced security boss Zhou Yongkang, who was felled last year amid a sweeping anti-graft campaign by President Xi Jinping. |
| Execution of Pakistan death row convict stayed in dispute over age | |  Shafqat Hussain was due to be executed on Wednesday. In March, he was dressed in a white uniform ready for hanging and told to write his will before his execution was postponed while the Federal Investigation Agency looked into the question of his age. The agency, Pakistan's equivalent of the U.S. FBI, later determined he was not a juvenile at the time of the killing and a new execution date was set. "The judge has ruled that the FIA did not have the mandate to conduct the investigation into Shafqat's age and this should be done by a competent judicial forum," Shahab Siddiqui, of the Justice Project Pakistan, a legal aid group representing Hussain, told Reuters.
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| Suspected cattle rustlers kill 45 in northwest Kenya - administrator | | | Suspected cattle rustlers ambushed and killed at least 45 people in a village in northwest Kenya, then drove away hundreds of livestock, a regional administrator said. At least 14 people also died in a fight between two pastoralist communities on Monday, on the borders of Kenya's northern Samburu and Marsabit counties, the regional manager for the Kenya Red Cross, Mugambi Gitonga, said. |
| South Korean arrested by North says he is well, was just trying to help | | | By Sohee Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean college student arrested by North Korea for illegal entry said he was hoping for a "great event" to help strengthen relations between the diplomatic rivals and acknowledged he had broken the law, CNN reported on Tuesday. Joo Won-moon, 21, a student at New York University, was arrested on April 22 after crossing from the Chinese side of the Yalu river, the North's official KCNA news agency said. I've been fed well slept well and I've been very healthy." North Korea, heavily sanctioned by the United Nations for its missile and nuclear tests, is technically still at war with the South after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. New York University said Joo was a student at its Stern School of Business but not taking classes this semester. |
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