Australian Woman Escapes the Noose for Drug Trafficking in Malaysia

Australian Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto leaves following her release at the High Court in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin Reuters. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An Australian mother of three escaped the death penalty on Wednesday after a Malaysian …

China’s national flag flutters on the Chinese side of the banks of the Tumen river, as a North Korean village is seen behind, in Tumen, China, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Reuters. BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday there had been no U.N. sanction-breaking oil sales by Chinese …

Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos added the most in 2017, a $34.2 billion gain that knocked Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates out of his spot as the world’srichest person in October. Gates, 62, had held the spot since May 2013, and has been donating much of his fortune to charity, including a $4.6 …

Afghanistan has the highest number of mine victims in the world, which along with other roadside bombs, kill or wound an estimated 140 people every month. Elsewhere, a Taliban attack on a security police post in central Ghazni province Wednesday night left three police dead and one other wounded, …

The United Nations says Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with about 8 million people on the brink of famine, a cholera epidemic that has infected 1 million people, and economic collapse in what was already one of the Arab world’s poorest countries. (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Kevin …

This Dec. 23, 2017, photo shows the Internet corner in the departures lobby of Pyongyang’s international airport. Despite being one of the least Internet-friendly countries in the world, North Korea’s main Internet provider recently set up an airport WiFi network available to travelers who have cleared customs …

An interior view of a supermarket is seen after an explosion in St Petersburg, Russia, in this photo released by Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committe on December 28, 2017. National Anti-Terrorism Committe/Handout via REUTERS Reuters. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said …

A policeman stands guard after a gunman opened fire in the pastry-making factory “Menshevik” in Moscow, Russia December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Reuters. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police arrested on Thursday the former owner of a pastry factory who had returned to the plant and …