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| Vatican orders former archbishop to stand trial for sex abuse | | | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican prosecutor on Monday ordered a former Roman Catholic archbishop accused of paying for sex with children when he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic and of possessing child pornographic material to stand trial. Jozef Wesolowski, a Pole who had been defrocked, last year became the first person to be arrested inside the Vatican on paedophilia charges. (Reporting By Philip Pullella; Editing by Andrew Heavens) |
| Suicide attack on police, intelligence offices in Chad capital - minister | | | N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - At least one suicide bomber attacked police and intelligence offices in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Monday, the interior minister told Reuters, the first attack of its kind on the city. Interior Minister Abderahim Bireme Hamid said security forces had locked down the area but the situation was ongoing. "I can confirm that it was a suicide attack," he told Reuters. |
| Hong Kong arrests nine suspected of bomb-making plot ahead of poll reform vote | |  By Donny Kwok and Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested nine people and seized suspected explosives, authorities said on Monday, as the city goes on high alert ahead of a crucial vote on a China-backed electoral reform package that sparked widespread protests last year. Dozens were on patrol on Monday near government headquarters, where metal fences have been erected, before debate on the package begins on Wednesday. Posts on social media were quick to question the timing of the raids, details of which were leaked to Hong Kong media.
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| South Africa argues in court against Bashir's arrest | |  By Dinky Mkhize PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa will on Monday argue against a court application to force the government to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court, the justice ministry said. Bashir, who is in South Africa attending an African Union summit, stands accused in an ICC arrest warrant of war crimes and crimes against humanity over atrocities committed in the Darfur conflict. Judge Hans Fabricius on Sunday barred Bashir from leaving South Africa until he had made a decision on an application by a human rights group calling for Bashir's arrest.
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| Corrected - Hong Kong police arrest nine suspected of bomb-making conspiracy | | | (Corrects last paragraph to say some, not seven, are members of radical group) HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested nine people in raids and seized suspected explosives, authorities said on Monday, just days ahead of a contentious vote on how the Asia financial centre chooses its next leader in 2017. Some are members of a radical group, police said. |
| Ban Ki-moon says ICC's ruling on Bashir must be implemented | | | The International Criminal Court's warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be implemented by countries who have signed up to the Hague court's statutes, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. "The International Criminal Court's warrant for the arrest of President al-Bashir on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes is a matter I take extremely seriously," Ban Ki-moon said in Geneva. South Africa's justice ministry said on Monday it will argue against a court application to force the government to arrest Bashir who has been indicted by the ICC. |
| Swedish prosecutors plan to question Assange in June or July | |  Swedish prosecutors plan to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador's embassy in London in June or July, the prosecutor said on Monday. The prosecutors have submitted a request for legal assistance to the English authorities and a request to Ecuador for permission to interview Assange during those two months, the prosecutor said in a statement. Prosecutors first insisted Assange should travel to Sweden for questioning, but in a U-turn in March agreed to conduct the interview in London.
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| Chinese police detain two activists linked to prominent NGO | | | By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained two rights activists who worked for a prominent non-governmental organisation (NGO), their relatives said on Monday, the latest sign of an intensifying clampdown on the work of non-profit groups. About half a dozen security officials from the central city of Zhengzhou took Yang Zhanqing, previously an office director of Yirenping, from his home in the southern city of Huizhou late last Friday, said his wife, surnamed Bu. Police also detained Guo Bin, who was also an Yirenping office director who fought against discrimination of people with disabilities, into custody late on Friday on the same charge, said Guo's girlfriend surnamed Wang, who declined to give her full name. |
| Second small oil tanker goes missing in Malaysia this month | | | By Anuradha Raghu and Keith Wallis KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A small-sized oil tanker went missing off the southeast coast of Malaysia close to Singapore over the weekend in what could be the second hijacking of such a vessel this month, maritime officials said on Monday. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said the 7,300 deadweight tonne (DWT) Orkim Harmony disappeared about 30 nautical miles from the Johor port of Tanjung Sedili, carrying 5,879 metric tonnes litres or 50,000 barrels of RON95 gasoline. The Orkim Harmony is operated by shipping company Orkim Ship Management. |
| Indonesian court to decide on French death row convict's appeal next week | |  An Indonesian court will rule next week on an appeal lodged by a Frenchman on death row who is challenging the president's refusal to grant him clemency, a judge told a hearing on Monday. Convicted drug trafficker Serge Atlaoui was due to face the firing squad with other convicts in April but was granted a last-minute reprieve to allow for the completion of his legal appeals. "We have received the arguments of both the defence and prosecution and will deliver a verdict on June 22," said presiding judge Ujang Abdullah.
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| Sudan's Bashir in South Africa, leaving Monday - spokesman | |  Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been ordered not to leave South Africa by the Pretoria High Court, is still in the country but will leave later on Monday, a Sudanese presidency spokesman said. Bashir, who is in South Africa attending an African Union summit, stands accused in an International Criminal Court arrest warrant of war crimes and crimes against humanity over atrocities committed in the Darfur conflict. "President Bashir is still in Johannesburg but we are leaving South Africa today," Mohamed Hatem told Reuters.
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