Cambodian opposition mark attack anniversary with rare public display
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian opposition members lit candles and held prayers in Phnom Penh on Friday to mark the 21st anniversary of a deadly grenade attack – a rare public gathering since a government crackdown started last year.
As Afghan forces squeeze in Helmand, Taliban focus shifts
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Last week, the Afghan air force dropped its first laser-guided missile on a Taliban compound in Farah, the western Afghan province that has seen increasing fighting since the beginning of the year.
Executive at fire-ravaged Russian shopping mall arrested
KEMEROVO, Russia (Reuters) – Russian police on Friday arrested an executive with the firm that owns a shopping mall where a fire last weekend killed 64 people, most of them children.
Six Turkish security force members killed in Kurdish militant attack: security sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants staged an attack near a military base in southeast Turkey’s Siirt province, killing six Turkish security force members and wounding seven, security sources said on Friday.
Gaza farmer killed by Israeli tank shell: Gaza health official
GAZA (Reuters) – A Gaza farmer was killed and a second man was wounded by an Israeli tank shell on Friday, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said, on a day of heightened tensions ahead of planned protests by Palestinians along the border with Israel.
Japan’s defense chief welcomes resumption of U.S.-South Korea military drills
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s defense chief welcomed on Friday the planned resumption of U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises, saying the annual drill set to start on Sunday would add pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
Fire kills 20 Myanmar migrant workers on bus in Thailand: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A fire on board a bus in western Thailand killed 20 migrant workers from Myanmar early on Friday, police said.
Mexico swinging against the establishment as presidential campaign starts
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicans tired of graft and chaotic violence look set to reject the party that has governed the country for most of the past century, embracing a global anti-establishment mood by favoring a leftist dissenter in a presidential e…
Trump says may hold up South Korea trade deal until after deal with North Korea
RICHFIELD, Ohio (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he may hold up a trade agreement reached this week with South Korea until after a deal is reached with North Korea on denuclearization.
Iranian granted U.S. visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S. citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the family’s lawyer said on Thurs…
