Exclusive: Scandal-hit Vietnam official had been cleared by previous government
(Reuters) – A former Vietnamese official who Germany says was kidnapped in Berlin to face charges in Hanoi over financial losses at a state construction firm had been cleared of wrongdoing by the previous government, according to documents seen by Reut…
Erdogan adviser sees recovery in Turkey ties with Germany, EU
ANKARA (Reuters) – Ankara’s relations with NATO ally Germany, hit by a deepening row, are expected to improve alongside a general upturn in ties with the EU early next year, boosting Turkish export and tourism prospects, an adviser to President Tayyip …
Israel endorses independent Kurdish state
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel supports the establishment of a Kurdish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Kurds in Iraq gear up for a referendum on independence that lawmakers in Baghdad oppose.
Turkey orders 79 school employees detained in post-coup probe: NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 79 former school employees on Wednesday over alleged links to last year’s failed military coup, broadcaster NTV said.
France insists it will go through with labor reform, day after protests
PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday that he would pay attention to demonstrations against his planned labor reforms but pledged to push through with them, a day after protests took place nationwide.
Cambodian opposition blocked from holding memorial service
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s main opposition party was blocked from holding a memorial ceremony on Wednesday for victims of a 1997 grenade attack on a political rally, with tension running high after the arrest of its leader.
Former assistant accuses exiled Chinese tycoon of rape in lawsuit
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former personal assistant to an exiled Chinese-born billionaire, who has made claims of high-level Communist Party corruption, has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing him of raping her, court documents show.
Trump, Malaysia’s Najib skirt round U.S. probe into 1MDB scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to the White House on Tuesday, praising his country for investing in the United States while steering clear of an American investigation into a Malaysian c…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to skip U.N. assembly to deal with Rohingya crisis
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over violence that has forced about 400,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, canceled a trip to the upcoming U.N. General Assembly because of the crisis, her office sa…
Hostile same-sex marriage vote spurs Australia to amend anti-hate law
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The alarming volume of hate-speech during Australia’s ballot over whether to legalize same-sex marriage spurred parliament to pass emergency legislation on Wednesday to outlaw opponents spewing their vitriol while the vote was in pr…
