India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans from holding New Delhi rally
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to mark the 60th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, officials said on Wednesday, as it tries to improve fraught ties wi…
Poll delivers blow to Le Pen ahead of French far-right relaunch
PARIS (Reuters) – Days before far-right leader Marine Le Pen unveils a shift in focus to immigration and a new name for her National Front party, an attempt to woo back voters, a poll showed three in four French people think she would make a bad presid…
Several killed in helicopter crash in Russia’s Chechnya: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least five people were killed when a Russian security services helicopter crashed in Russia’s Chechnya region, RIA news agency reported on Wednesday.
As talks with North near, South Korea sees familiar hurdles ahead
SEOUL (Reuters) – With the specter of two past summits that failed to blunt North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, South Korean officials planning talks next month now face the thorny task of overcoming familiar sticking points with the threat of war looming…
Russian ex-spy, daughter still critical after suspected poisoning in UK
SALISBURY (Reuters) – Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia remain in a critical condition in intensive care in hospital, British police said on Wednesday as they appealed for witnesses to come forward with any information a…
U.S. sailors visit Vietnamese shelter for victims of Agent Orange
DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) – Sailors from a U.S. aircraft carrier on Wednesday visited a Vietnamese shelter for people suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, a chemical used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to destroy foliage.
Damascus intensifies Ghouta assault in bid to cut rebel enclave in half
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces bombarded eastern Ghouta anew on Wednesday in an effort to slice the rebel enclave in two, intensifying a campaign to deal the opposition its biggest defeat since 2016.
‘Acts of genocide’ suspected against Rohingya in Myanmar: U.N.
GENEVA/YANGON (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday he strongly suspected that “acts of genocide” may have taken place against Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state since August.
U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – With U.S.-Cambodian relations at a low and Chinese influence growing, Washington is trying a new way to win hearts and minds: sponsoring a well-known Cambodian musician to sing positive songs about America.
U.N. rights chief denounces repressive climate in Egypt ahead of poll
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief on Wednesday decried a “pervasive climate of intimidation” in Egypt ahead of presidential elections this month that he said has been marked by arrests, torture of detainees and “silencing” of independent m…
