Philippines says policy trumps popularity after Duterte ratings dip
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s honeymoon period may be over, but his deadly anti-drugs campaign will not wane, his office said on Monday, after a fall in ratings that his opponents said showed public disillusionment with his …
Militants attack checkpoint in Somalia’s Puntland, seven dead
BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – Islamist al Shabaab militants attacked a checkpoint in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, killing at least seven people in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Pakistani anti-corruption body arrests son-in-law of ousted PM Sharif
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) – The son-in-law of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport on Monday by Pakistan’s anti-corruption body on his return from London, officials said, a rare instance of a powerful Pakistani poli…
International Red Cross to ‘drastically’ cut Afghan presence after attacks
KABUL (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross will “drastically” cut back its operations in Afghanistan following attacks that have killed seven of its staff this year, the aid group said on Monday.
North Korea’s ‘princess’ now one of the secretive state’s top policy makers
SEOUL (Reuters) – The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 28-year-old sister to the country’s top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and…
Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh, 12 dead: police
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half …
Kim Jong Un praises nuclear program, promotes sister
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing …
NZ First leader says foreign ownership to be part of coalition wrangling
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The party holding the balance of power in New Zealand’s election said on Monday foreign ownership restrictions would be part of its coalition talks, after a final tally showing greater support for the center-left bloc drove the l…
At least 12 Rohingya, mainly children, drown in latest boat disaster – police
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – At least 12 Rohingya Muslim refugees, mainly children, drowned when their boats capsized on the way to Bangladesh, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a mil…
Weakened May to give bullish Brexit prognosis but say ball is in EU’s court
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May, weakened by a disastrous party conference, will give British lawmakers a bullish prognosis for negotiations over exit from the European Union on Monday, but tell them that it is up to Brussels to make the …
