One dead after 4.2 magnitude quake near Iran capital Tehran
DUBAI (Reuters) – One person died of a heart attack and at least 56 people were slightly hurt when an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude shook an area 50 km (31 miles) west of the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, the state news agency IRNA reported.
‘Comfort women’ row with Japan unresolved despite 2015 deal, South Korea says
SEOUL (Reuters) – A 2015 agreement with Japan over South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels failed to meet the needs of victims, South Korea’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Japanese woman, confined by parents for years, found frozen to death: police
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese police said on Wednesday they have arrested a couple whose 33-year-old daughter froze to death in a tiny room where they had confined her for years because they believed she had a form of mental illness that made her violent….
Reuters journalists in Myanmar appear in court, remanded for another 14 days
YANGON (Reuters) – Two Reuters journalists who have been detained in Myanmar for the past two weeks were remanded in custody for a further two weeks on Wednesday as a probe continues into allegations they breached the nation’s Official Secrets Act.
Cambodia’s Hun Sen vows to stay in power for at least another 10 years
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed to extend his more than 30 years in power by at least another decade on Wednesday, weeks after the highest court dissolved the main opposition party ahead of a 2018 general election.
Haiti’s ex-prime minister banned from travel amid corruption probe
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian authorities said on Tuesday a former prime minister and top official have been banned from leaving the country as prosecutors lead a corruption probe in which 12 people, including government officials, have been arres…
Get used to drills, China tells Taiwan; Taipei says it seeks peace
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will gradually get used to Chinese air force drills that encircle the island, China said on Wednesday, while Taiwan’s premier reiterated the self-ruled island’s desire for peaceful relations with its giant neighbor.
Romanian ruling lawmakers propose looser anti-graft rules
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling Social Democrats have filed a slew of new changes to the criminal code that would decriminalize several graft offences, including some abuse of office crimes, their second attempt this year to weaken a crackdown o…
Medical evacuations begin from Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: ICRC
GENEVA (Reuters) – Medical evacuations have begun from the Syrian rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta to Damascus, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Syria said early on Wednesday.
Argentina judge says death of prosecutor Nisman was murder
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who was found dead days after accusing former President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center, was murdered, a federal judge said…
