Aid groups call for access to Myanmar conflict zone
YANGON (Reuters) – International aid groups in Myanmar have urged the government to allow free access to Rakhine State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands remain cut off from food, shelter an…
Thai junta leader confirms fugitive former PM Yingluck is in Dubai
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The leader of Thailand’s military junta said on Thursday that Yingluck Shinawatra, the prime minister he ousted three years ago, was in Dubai, having fled there last month to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that lost b…
Japan parliament dissolved, snap October 22 election expected
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called a snap election, as fresh opinion polls showed a fledgling conservative party led by popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike was gaining momentum ahead of the expected Oct. 22 vote.
Japan parliament dissolved, snap Oct. 22 election expected
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s lower house was dissolved on Thursday ahead of an expected snap Oct. 22 election being called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he seeks to confirm his mandate in the face a rising challenge from a popular new conservative part…
Thai PM says former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is in Dubai
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is currently in the United Arab Emirates.
South Korea expects more North Korea provocations mid-October
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea expects North Korea to engage in more provocative action next month to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of its communist party and China’s all-important Communist Party Congress.
Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, committee sources said on Wed…
Tokyo Governor Koike’s new party gains traction ahead of general election-polls
TOKYO (Reuters) – A fledgling conservative party led by popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is gaining traction in its challenge to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc ahead of a general election next month, media polls released on Thursda…
Hope evaporating, a grim wait for relatives after Mexico quake
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Relatives waiting on Wednesday outside an office block that collapsed last week in Mexico City’s earthquake have resigned themselves to the likelihood that their loved ones did not survive, as a stench of death seeped from the r…
Tech executives to testify at U.S. Congress’ Russia hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter will appear in the U.S. Congress in the coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, committee sources said on Wednesday.
