Philippine lawyers ask Supreme Court to halt ‘illegal’ war on drugs
MANILA (Reuters) – A group of Philippine lawyers on Wednesday filed an injunction with the Supreme Court to try to stop President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, calling it as an illegal campaign that lets police kill and circumvent legal proced…
Russia may demand U.S. cut diplomatic staff in Russia to 300 or below: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry does not rule out ordering the United States to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia to 300 people or below, the RIA news agency cited Georgy Borisenko, the head of the ministry’s North America Department, as …
Cambodia’s Hun Sen renews criticism of United States amid escalating row
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday renewed his criticism of the United States, a week after a leading opposition figure fled the country over fears of a widening crackdown on government critics ahead of next year’s ele…
British PM May refuses to say how she would vote in another Brexit referendum
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May has declined to say whether she would vote for Brexit if there was another referendum.
China’s Xi looks set to keep right-hand man on despite age
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to retain his right-hand man, the graft-buster Wang Qishan, in a senior position at a key Communist Party Congress this month even though he has reached retirement age, according to a majority …
Netherlands’ Dijsselbloem to leave Dutch politics: paper
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Caretaker Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem will leave national politics when a new government takes office in approximately two weeks, a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday.
How a businessman struck a deal with Islamic State to help Assad feed Syrians
RAQQA/DUBAI (Reuters) – While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accusing the West of turning a blind eye to Islamic State smuggling, a member of his parliament was quietly doing business with the group, farmers and administrators in the militants’ f…
Hong Kong leader lays out vision in maiden policy address with tax cuts, subsidized housing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will trim company profits tax and build more government subsidized flats for struggling families, the city’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in her maiden policy address on Wednesday, laying out priorities for the next f…
Bolivians protest Morales’ new bid to extend term limits
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Thousands of Bolivians marched through streets across the Andean country on Tuesday to protest a new bid by leftist President Evo Morales to clear the way for him to run for a fourth term in 2019.
China’s Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party opened a meeting on Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected to further tighten his grip on …
