Australia campuses warned of ‘clandestine’ influence in apparent poke at China
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s domestic spy chief has warned that universities need to be “very conscious” of foreign interference in an apparent reference to China’s perceived undercover influence on campuses.
Tillerson to meet India’s Modi amid China’s rising influence in Asia
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday on his first official visit to South Asia, as the world’s two biggest democracies look to deepen economic and strategic ties amid Chi…
South Korea court appoints new defense team for ex-president Park
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Wednesday assigned five state attorneys to defend disgraced former president Park Geun-hye, following her defense team’s resignation last week in protest at the extension of her detention period until April nex…
Kenyan police seal off Supreme Court ahead of vote delay hearing
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police sealed off the Supreme Court building in the capital on Wednesday as judges prepared to hear a petition to delay this week’s presidential election, a re-run of an August vote that was nullified by the same court.
U.S. says ‘administrative error’ blocked Indonesia military chief’s travel
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s military chief was temporarily barred from traveling to the United States at the weekend due to an “administrative error”, the U.S. embassy in Jakarta said in an online statement on Wednesday.
Kurdistan region offers to freeze independence vote, engage in talks with Baghdad
CAIRO/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) offered on Wednesday to put an independence referendum on hold as part of efforts to end the military confrontation with Iraqi forces, and resolve the crisis with the central government …
China unveils new leadership line-up, no obvious Xi successor
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party broke with recent precedent on Wednesday and revealed a new leadership line-up without a clear successor to President Xi Jinping, who has become arguably the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedo…
Turkey to start trial of rights activists, including Amnesty chief
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Eleven human rights activists accused of terrorism charges were set to go on trial in Turkey on Wednesday in a case that has sparked widespread concern in the West and become a flashpoint in Ankara’s tension with Europe.
Indonesia arrests nine with alleged Islamic State links
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities arrested nine men suspected of having links to a militant network loyal to Islamic State and planning a series of attacks on police posts, said a police spokesman.
Pyongyang university needs non-U.S. teachers as travel ban leaves staff shortages
SEOUL (Reuters) – The only western-funded university in North Korea is scrambling to recruit teachers not from the United States after a U.S. travel ban to the isolated country forced the school to start the September semester with only half of its fac…
