As Najib holidays in Malaysia, his former mentor Mahathir turns up the pain
LANGKAWI/KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) – The police kept watch close to a holiday villa where Najib Razak this week gave his first sit-down interview since his shock election defeat last month, a reminder for the former Malaysian prime minister that…
In China, universities seek to plant ‘Xi Thought’ in minds of students
BEIJING (Reuters) – Armed with interactive online courses, generous funding and new dedicated research institutes, China’s universities are on the frontlines of an effort to promote the thinking of President Xi Jinping to China and the world.
Japan volcano featured in “James Bond” movie erupts, ejecting smoke and rocks
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese volcano that figured in a 1960s James Bond movie erupted explosively on Friday for the first time since April, sending smoke thousands of meters into the air, less than a week after a strong earthquake shook the country’s w…
Philippines plans to take drug war to schools with searches, testing
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is planning to take President Rodrigo Duterte’s ferocious drugs war to schools with the inspection of bags and lockers, as well as random testing for teachers, to curb demand for illegal substances, officials said on …
Uganda police arrest 15 refugees after four killed in fight during World Cup game
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A fight erupted in a refugee camp in Uganda during a World Cup soccer match and four people were killed, police said, adding they have arrested 15 refugees from South Sudan in connection with the bloodshed.
Indonesia hands death sentence to Islamic State-linked cleric for militant attacks
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced to death a cleric linked to Islamic State, for masterminding from his jail cell a string of deadly militant attacks across the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Ukraine extends its Russian sanctions list
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact a recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, Ukraine’s council of national security and defense said on Friday.
Chinese media says U.S. has ‘delusions’ as impact of trade war spreads
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. protectionism is self-defeating and a “symptom of paranoid delusions” that must not distract China from its path to modernization, Chinese media said on Friday as Beijing kept up with its war of words with Washington w…
Indonesia court sentences Islamic State-linked cleric to death
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced to death an Islamic State-linked cleric for masterminding from his jail cell a string of deadly militant attacks across the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Najib’s 1MDB denials unbelievable, says Malaysia’s Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir poured scorn over his predecessor Najib Razak on Thursday for denying knowing whether millions of dollars from scandal-plagued state fund 1MDB had been put in his personal bank account.
