Hong Kong activist banned from by-election in what pro-democracy party calls ‘payback’
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Saturday banned a 21-year-old pro-democracy activist from running in a by-election in March, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference.
Exclusive: Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed confident his troubles will end soon
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and released from custody within days, with his vast a…
Uber driver shot dead in Mexican border city
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A young woman who drove for U.S. ride-hailing application Uber Technologies Inc was shot dead in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana following a dispute with another motorist, prosecutors said on Friday.
South Korea’s Moon visits hospital fire scene, agonizes over series of disasters
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials rushed to identify 37 victims of a hospital blaze and pinpoint the cause on Saturday as President Moon Jae-in visited the burnt-out building and decried “one tragedy after another” to strike the country.
Pakistan police killing of a Pashtun youth fuels anger over ‘encounters’
KARACHI (Reuters) – Nationwide protests at the police killing of a young ethnic Pashtun man in Pakistan’s largest city have shone a spotlight on allegations of persecution by the authorities against refugees from the country’s conflict-ridden northwest…
South Korea agonizes over latest tragedy as it probes hospital blaze
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials rushed to identify 37 victims of a hospital fire and pinpoint the cause of the worst blaze in years on Saturday as opposition politicians blamed the president for failing to avoid the latest in a series of trage…
Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed says he expects to be released in days
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released from custody within days.
Syrian opposition says will boycott Russia-brokered peace talks in Sochi
VIENNA (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition will not attend a peace conference Russia is hosting next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, dismissing the meeting as an attempt by the Syrian government’s close ally to “sideline” the current United Nations p…
Venezuela opposition condemns action on presidential election
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leaders on Friday condemned the sidelining of their coalition from upcoming presidential elections, saying it was trickery by President Nicolas Maduro’s administration to rig the vote in its favor.
U.S.’s Mattis: Diplomacy should impose reason on North Korea’s Kim
U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Hawaii (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stressed diplomacy as the way to deal with the North Korean crisis on Friday during talks with his South Korean counterpart in Hawaii, a day after Seoul’s top diplo…
