Japan’s Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue
TOKYO (Reuters) – The mayor of Japan’s western city of Osaka plans to cut ties with U.S. sister city San Francisco after the latter accepted the donation of a “comfort women” statue from a private group there.
Mnangagwa told Mugabe he will be safe in Zimbabwe: state media
HARARE (Reuters) – Incoming Zimbabwe leader Emmerson Mnangagwa assured former president Robert Mugabe he and his family would be safe in the country when the two men spoke for the first time since Mnangagwa returned home this week, state media said on …
Rights groups say outside monitors needed for Rohingya return to Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) – Human rights groups called on Friday for international agencies to be allowed to monitor the planned repatriation of hundreds of thousands Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh to the homes they have fled from in Myanmar over the past thr…
Saudi Crown Prince calls Iran leader ‘new Hitler’: NYT
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince called the Supreme Leader of Iran “the new Hitler of the Middle East” in an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday, sharply escalating the war of words between the arch-rivals.
Venezuela’s Maduro keeps eye on prize: 2018 presidential vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Just months ago, with crowds of protesters baying on the streets for the resignation of the “dictator” and “murderer,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked like a goner.
Pakistani Islamist blamed for 2008 attacks in Mumbai released from house arrest
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Islamist Hafiz Saeed, seen as the mastermind of a 2008 militant assault in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai in which 166 people were killed, has been released from house arrest, his religious charity said on Fri…
North Korea sacks soldiers, South Korea awards medals after defector’s border dash
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has reportedly replaced guards and fortified a section of its border with South Korea where a North Korean soldier staged a daring defection last week, while South Korean and U.S. soldiers have been decorated for their rol…
China police probe latest case of alleged childcare abuse
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China are investigating claims of sexual molestation and needlemarks on children at a Beijing kindergarten run by pre-school operator RYB Education Inc, the latest case in a booming childcare industry to spark outrage amon…
At least three dead as Indian passenger train derails in northern India
MUMBAI (Reuters) – A passenger train slipped off the rails in northern India early on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring about 10, the railways ministry said.
U.S. Navy halts search for three sailors lost in Philippine Sea air crash
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy said it has called off a search for three sailors missing since a transport plane crashed in the Philippines Sea south of Japan on Wednesday enroute to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier.
