Ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif returns to face trial
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned home on Thursday to face trial in an anti-corruption case he calls political revenge but opposition leaders have termed as accountability for the rich and powerful.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine border district: witness
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, visited areas hit by conflict in the western state of Rakhine on Thursday for the first time since attacks by militants from the Rohingya Muslim minority two months ago sparked a …
White House slams Russia over veto on Syria chemical weapons probe
(Reuters) – The White House admonished Russia on Wednesday after it vetoed a United Nations plan to continue an ongoing investigation that recently found Syria killed dozens of people with chemical weapons and implored the international body to renew t…
Mexico women protest violence in skeletal Day of Dead march
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Wearing black clothing and skeletal face paint, dozens of women marched in downtown Mexico City on Wednesday to commemorate the growing number of women murdered and pressure the government to put an end to what they say is the r…
Hardline preacher finds refuge in Malaysia as politicized Islam grows
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – When Zakir Naik emerged from a prominent Malaysian mosque last month fans swarmed about him, seeking selfies with the Indian Muslim televangelist whose hardline views have sparked a criminal investigation back in his home count…
A century on, UK’s Jewish homeland declaration stirs celebration and mourning in Middle East
LONDON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – In a 67-word statement composed 100 years ago, Britain endorsed the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the Middle East, triggering a process that would culminate in the creation of Israel – and with it one of the world’s…
Niger asks U.S. to deploy armed drones against militants
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has asked the United States to start using armed drones against jihadist groups operating on the Mali border, raising the stakes in a counterinsurgency campaign jolted by a deadly ambush of allied U.S.-Nigerien forces.
China’s Xi says hopes to promote relations with North Korea: KCNA
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping replied to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s congratulatory message on China’s Communist Party Congress, saying he hopes to promote ties between the two countries, North Korea’s state news agency s…
Asylum seekers barricaded in Papua New Guinea camp call for aid
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asylum seekers refusing to leave a detention centre in Papua New Guinea began digging wells on Thursday to try find water as their food supplies dwindled, in a stand-off that human rights groups warn could become a humanitarian crisi…
UK seeks arrest of Manchester bomber’s brother, asks Libya to extradite him
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they had issued an arrest warrant for the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people in an attack on a pop concert in Manchester in May and prosecutors had asked Libya to extradite him.
