Malaysian police search five places linked to ousted PM Najib
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police conducted searches through the night and into the Thursday morning at five places linked to ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak, including the family home where he stays, a senior police officer said.
Founded to protest Pakistan ‘disappearances’, group now sees supporters go missing
KARACHI (Reuters) – As they were about to enter the office of the Commissioner of Karachi for a meeting to discuss a rally planned in Pakistan’s largest city, leaders of a Pashtun-led rights movement were intercepted by armed men accompanied by paramil…
Nicaraguan students yell ‘Murderer’ at Ortega, demand he resign
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaraguan students taunted President Daniel Ortega with shouts of “murderer” as he spoke at an event aimed at negotiating a solution to weeks of deadly demonstrations that flared up again on Wednesday.
Inmates revolt at Venezuela detention center, Utah man pleads for help
CARACAS (Reuters) – Inmates at a crowded Caracas detention center revolted on Wednesday, with jailed opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a Mormon missionary from Utah begging for freedom and medical attention in postings on social medi…
In Bangladesh, some 60 babies a day born in Rohingya camps: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Around 60 babies a day are being born in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, sheltering hundreds of thousands of mainly Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday.
Malaysia police seize handbags, other personal items from ex-PM’s home
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police seized handbags and few other personal items from the home of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with a money laundering probe, a lawyer of the ex-leader said on Thursday.
Four years after coup, Thais tire of corruption and democratic delays
BANGKOK (Reuters) – When Thailand’s army took power in a bloodless coup four years ago, it promised to bring happiness back to the “Land of Smiles” and return the country to democratic rule within two years.
Riot erupts at Venezuela detention center where activists, Utah man jailed
CARACAS (Reuters) – A riot erupted on Wednesday at a detention center where dozens of government opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a Mormon missionary from Utah are detained, activists and relatives said on Wednesday.
From Madrid to Miami, Venezuelan migrants seethe at Maduro yet sit out vote
CARACAS/MADRID/LIMA (Reuters) – Often arriving thin and penniless in South American capitals after long bus trips across the continent, many Venezuelan migrants blame President Nicolas Maduro for the crushing economic crisis that forced them to flee.
EU leaders struggle to save Iran economic ties from U.S. sanctions
SOFIA (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Wednesday to try to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive and maintain their reviving economic cooperation with Tehran after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the pact.
