Philippine police return to war on drugs, cannot promise no bloodshed
MANILA (Reuters) – Police in the Philippines on Monday resumed President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, making visits to the homes of users and dealers to convince them to surrender, but the national police chief declined to guarantee that blood would…
U.N. says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be in grave danger from landslides when the mid-year monsoon season begins, a U.N. humanitarian report said.
Saudi’s Ibrahim to keep control of regional broadcaster MBC – executive
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Waleed al-Ibrahim will keep management control of regional television broadcaster MBC after his release from detention in the country’s corruption probe, a senior MBC executive told Reuters on Monday.
U.N. Syria mediator to head commission to draft new Syrian constitution: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – United Nations Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura will head a new constitutional commission that will be set up at a peace conference in Russia this week, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing official documents.
Hong Kong lawyers condemn ‘unlawful’ disqualification of candidate
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A group of Hong Kong lawyers on Monday condemned a ban on a democracy activist by the territory’s government to prevent her from contesting a by-election, describing it as the suppression of free expression and a curb on voting.
China says ‘terror’ risks in Xinjiang remains serious despite security push
BEIJING (Reuters) – Unrelenting risks of “terror” and separatist activity in China’s far western region of Xinjiang require a prolonged security crackdown, state media said late on Sunday, after a year-long campaign that saw increased police deployment…
Eleven Afghan soldiers killed in latest attack in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Militants on Monday raided a military academy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, killing 11 soldiers, the fourth major attack in a spate of violence over the past nine days that is putting a new, more aggressive U.S. strategy under the spo…
Myanmar advisory panel chief says it cannot interfere in court case against reporters
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s panel of international advisers on Rohingya issues will not get involved in the case of two Reuters journalists charged with violating the Official Secrets Act, its chairman told a state newspaper in an interview published …
British government warned of legal action over DUP deal by campaigners
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government has been threatened with legal action by an anti-Brexit campaigner and a union over the deal Prime Minister Theresa May struck with a Northern Irish party to keep her Conservatives in power after her botched elec…
Philippines to phase out its beloved cheap but rickety jeepneys
MANILA (Reuters) – Jeepneys, the flamboyant passenger trucks of the Philippines, are nearing the end of their reign as the “Kings of the Road”, but they’re not going down without a fight.
