Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill envoy after outrage -statement
GENEVA (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday following an outrage among Western donors and rights groups at the appointment.
Indonesia demands answers after military chief denied U.S. entry
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the U.S. secretary of state and summon Washington’s deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was denied entry to the United States, Indonesian officials said…
Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador after outcry: statement
GENEVA (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a WHO goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday following an outrage among donors and rights groups at his appointment.
Japan PM Abe’s ruling bloc on track for big win in election: TV exit polls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc was headed for a big win in Sunday’s election, bolstering his chance of becoming the nation’s longest serving premier and potentially reenergising his push to revise the pacifist consti…
Spain urges Catalonia secessionists to obey Madrid
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Spanish government has urged Catalans to accept Madrid’s decision to dismiss their secessionist leadership and to take control of the restive region, as the nation’s biggest political crisis in decades enters a decisive week.
Austria’s likely next chancellor hopes to form govt. in 60 days: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – Austria’s likely next chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, wants talks over a new government to last no more than two months, he said in a newspaper interview published in Sunday.
Italians vote in autonomy referendums in shadow of Catalonia crisis
MILAN (Reuters) – Two wealthy regions of northern Italy began voting on Sunday in referendums for autonomy, ballots that could fan regional tensions in Europe at a time when neighboring Spain is striving to prevent Catalonia from breaking away.
Indonesia to demand answers after military chief denied U.S. entry
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the U.S. secretary of state and summon Washington’s deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was denied entry to the United States, an Indonesian official sa…
Roadside bomb kills seven outside Somali capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed at least seven people on Sunday – mostly women farmers – in an area outside the Somali capital dominated by Islamist insurgents who have defied public protests to end years of violence, residents and the arm…
Exclusive: Returning Rohingya may lose land, crops under Myanmar plans
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find their crops have been harvested and sold by the government, according to officials and plans seen…
