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| U.S. flight woes linger after Chicago air traffic center fire | | Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:38 AM | |
|  By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - U.S. airports reported hundreds of residual flight cancellations on Saturday, a day after a fire at a Chicago-area air traffic control center that authorities said was set by an employee who then tried to take his own life. The incident forced the evacuation of the Federal Aviation Administration control center in Aurora, Illinois, and severely snarled air traffic on Friday, when an estimated 2,100 flights were canceled at major airports across the country. ...
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| Al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen say fire rocket towards U.S. embassy | | Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:34 AM | |
| | SANAA (Reuters) - An al Qaeda splinter group said it launched a rocket towards the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Saturday, wounding several guards, to retaliate for a purported U.S. drone strike in a northern province of Yemen the day before. The U.S. State Department said it had no indication that the embassy was the target of the attack and that none of its staff were wounded. The rocket landed 200 metres from the heavily fortified embassy, hitting members of the Yemeni special police force who guard the site. At least two were wounded, police said. ... |
| China urges global crackdown on extremists' use of Internet | | Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:33 AM | |
|  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China called on Saturday for a worldwide crackdown on the use of the Internet by religious extremists and terrorists to stamp out their ability to communicate their ideas and raise funds. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks during the annual gathering of the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly in New York. "As new developments emerge in the global fight against terrorism, the international community should take new measures to address them," Wang said. ...
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| Afghan villagers hang Taliban fighters as battle for district rages | | | By Mustafa Andalib GHAZNI Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan villagers hanged four captured Taliban militants from a tree on Saturday as security forces battled the insurgents for a sixth day in a district of Ghazni province, an official said. The hangings were carried out after Taliban fighters had killed more than 100 people in the area in the past week, including more than a dozen who were beheaded, Ghazni Deputy Governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said. ... |
| Candidate for top EU post stumbles into trade minefield | |  By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's trade commissioner-designate stumbled into a political minefield on Saturday by suggesting she wanted to exclude a controversial investor protection clause from a planned EU-U.S. trade agreement. A European Commission source said however that the furore was the result of an error in a leaked draft version of testimony by Sweden's Cecilia Malmstrom that would be corrected in the final version. ...
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| Court jails Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa in graft case | |  By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram was sentenced to four years in jail on Saturday in a high-profile corruption case that has lasted nearly two decades. The verdict against the former movie star, who is one of the most popular politicians in south India, delighted some supporters of rival parties who were beaten in the general election held earlier this year. A special court in Karnataka found Jayalalithaa guilty of "disproportionately" amassing about 530 million rupees ($8. ...
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| China campaign targets economic fugitives - Xinhua | | | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's top prosecuting body has launched a six-month campaign targeting corruption suspects, especially those who have fled overseas, as Xi Jinping's government cracks down on graft, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The Supreme People's Protectorate (SPP) said it would use China's confiscation rules more vigorously to prevent corrupt officials from benefiting from their gains. It urged prosecutors to collaborate with other departments such as the police and courts to improve the system's efficiency. ... |
| At least 22 killed in Guinea-Bissau after vehicle hits landmine | | | BISSAU (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed in Guinea-Bissau when a vehicle taking them to a funeral struck a landmine, a police source said on Saturday. The incident happened on Friday afternoon near Mansoa, about 60 km (37 miles) northeast of the capital, Bissau. The police source, who asked not to be named, said 19 people were killed on the spot when the blast tore the vehicle in two and a further three people died of their injuries overnight. There was no immediate statement from the government. ... |
| Asian Games: Swimmer shames Japan with theft, soccer in spotlight | |  By Peter Rutherford INCHEON South Korea (Reuters) - Swimmer Naoya Tomita brought shame to Japan's Asian Games delegation after he was caught stealing a camera from a local photojournalist, while football authorities said on Saturday they were looking into reports of matchfixing at the Asiad. The Asian Football Confederation said in a statement it was working closely with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Sportradar, which monitors the world's betting industry, identifying fraud and unusual patterns of behaviour. ...
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