Russian police seize ex-factory owner who fled after shooting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police arrested on Thursday the former owner of a pastry factory who had returned to the plant and opened fire wounding one person before escaping a siege by special forces, according to a statement.
China says no sanction-breaking oil sales to North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday there had been no U.N. sanction-breaking oil sales by Chinese ships to North Korea, after a South Korea newspaper said Chinese and North Korean vessels had been illicitly linking up at sea to get oil to North …
Sumo: Former yokozuna Harumafuji summarily indicted for assault
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prosecutors summarily indicted Mongolian-born former sumo grand champion Harumafuji for assaulting a junior wrestler, a local prosecutors office in Tottori, western Japan, said on Thursday, in a move to seek the payment of fines rathe…
Blast at Afghan news agency in Kabul kills dozens
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attack on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency and a neighboring Shi’ite cultural center in the capital Kabul killed dozens on Thursday, officials and witnesses said, with many of the victims students attending a confer…
South Korea ‘humbly accepts’ there is no proof border park cash funded North’s weapons
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Thursday it “humbly accepts” there is no evidence North Korea diverted wages paid to its workers by South Korean firms in a now-closed border industrial park to bankroll its weapons programs as the previous governm…
Putin says St. Petersburg supermarket bombing was terrorism
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism, and that security forces whose lives were threatened by terrorist suspects should shoot to kill if necessary.
U.N. rights investigator calls for pressure on China, Russia over Myanmar abuses
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United Nations’ independent investigator into human rights in Myanmar has called for international pressure on China and Russia to try to get them to oppose human rights abuses in Myanmar.
South Korea says ‘comfort women’ deal flawed, but Japan insists on no change
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that a 2015 agreement with Japan over South Korean “comfort women” was seriously flawed after Japan said any attempt to revise it could damage relations.
India aims for law that could jail Muslim men who instantly divorce wives
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament aimed at prosecuting Muslim men who divorce their wives through the “triple talaq”, or instant divorce, which women complain violates their right to equality.
At least 40 killed, 30 wounded in Afghanistan blast: official
KABUL (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed and 30 wounded in a bomb attack on the Afghan Voice news agency in the capital, Kabul, on Thursday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
