U.S. wants Sahel force strategy before giving money: officials
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United States strongly supports an African military force to combat extremist militants in the Sahel region, but needs to see a strategy for the operation before it considers funding, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations and th…
Myanmar corrects state media report on U.N. ‘agreement’ to help house refugees
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – A Myanmar state-run newspaper on Saturday corrected a report that a U.N. settlement program, UN-Habitat, had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in the west of the country, where an army operation has displace…
Indonesia detains owner after deadly fireworks factory blaze
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities have detained a fireworks factory owner and a manager on suspicion of negligence after explosions and fire ripped through a warehouse on the outskirts of Jakarta, killing 48 workers and injuring dozens, police…
Cambodia deports 61 telecom extortion scam suspects
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia police on Saturday deported 61 Chinese nationals wanted in China on suspicion of extorting money over the internet and by phone, they said, but Taiwan said 19 were from Taiwan.
Australian PM puts foreign minister in charge amid government crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday appointed his foreign minister as acting prime minister as he tried to stem the fallout of a citizenship crisis that has cost his government its parliamentary majority.
Cambodia deports 61 Chinese telecom extortion scam suspects
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia on Saturday deported 61 Chinese nationals wanted in China on suspicion of extorting money from people there over the internet and by phone, Cambodian police said.
Exclusive: Koran, boots and scarves all that remain in Philippine rebel leader’s lair
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Prayer mats, chequered scarves, black fatigues, and bullet-ridden walls mark the hideout where the “emir” of Islamic State in Southeast Asia spent months preparing the most brazen and devastating militant attack in …
Mattis, in Seoul, says U.S. can’t accept nuclear North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday that he could not imagine United States ever accepting a nuclear North Korea, warning that its rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programs would undermine, not strengthen, its secu…
Top Mexico university blames deadly bridge collapse on weak supports
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s elite Tecnologico de Monterrey university said on Friday that structural shortcomings contributed to the collapse of walkways on its Mexico City campus in an earthquake last month, killing five college students.
Australia appoints acting PM while he travels amid citizenship crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appointed Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as acting prime minister on Saturday while he travels abroad after a citizenship crisis ousted his deputy and cost his government its parliamentary ma…
