Hong Kong democratic opposition fails to regain veto power in legislature
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp failed on Monday to regain some veto power in the city’s legislature in a pivotal by-election, struggling to draw what they hoped would be protest votes against creeping control from Communist Party …
Japan PM, finance minister under fire over suspected cronyism scandal
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s finance ministry on Monday acknowledged that documents in a suspected cronyism scandal had been doctored, said a senior ruling party official, as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ally Finance Minister Taro …
Myanmar builds military bases where Rohingya once lived and prayed: Amnesty
YANGON (Reuters) – After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar’s military is building bases where some of their homes and mosques once stood, Amnesty International said on Monday, citing new evidence from satellite imagery…
Hong Kong democrats struggle to recapture lost ground in by-elections
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A low turnout in by-elections in Hong Kong on Sunday raised alarms among the city’s pro-democracy camp as its candidates struggled to gain sufficient seats to win back a legislative veto bloc and a recount was ordered in one close…
After protests, Slovak PM faces tough talks to keep government together
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Following the biggest street protests in decades, Slovakia’s long-serving Prime Minister Robert Fico faces a deadline on Monday to ditch his closest ally or risk breaking apart his coalition government.
Turkish socialite and friends killed in plane crash in Iran
ISTANBUL/DUBAI (Reuters) – A wealthy Turkish socialite and her friends were among the 11 people killed on Sunday when a private plane bringing them home from a Dubai bachelorette party crashed into an Iranian mountainside.
Mexico rules out terrorism, organized crime in ferry blast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A blast that injured more than two dozen in February in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen was not an act of terrorism or organized crime, the Mexico attorney general’s office said on Sunday.
Eleven presumed dead after private Turkish plane crashes in Iran
ISTANBUL/DUBAI (Reuters) – All 11 people on board a private Turkish plane were presumed dead on Sunday after it crashed and burst into flames on an Iranian mountainside while bringing a wealthy heiress and her friends home from a Dubai bachelorette par…
Mexican authorities rule out terrorism, organized crime in ferry explosion
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A blast that injured more than two dozen in February in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen was not an act of terrorism or organized crime, the Mexico attorney general’s office said at a news conference on Sunday.
Pope expresses concern over national policies dictated by fear
MILAN (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday expressed concern over national policies dictated by fear, speaking only one week after Italy’s general elections which brought populist and anti-immigrant parties to the forefront.
