Bones of contention: Australia returns ancient Aboriginal remains for outback burial
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The 40,000-year-old remains of an Aboriginal man that prompted a drastic rewrite of Australian history were returned to his ancestral homeland on Friday after four decades of examination in the country’s capital.
Amnesty urges independent probe into atrocities, bombings in battle for Philippines Marawi city
MANILA (Reuters) – The war in the Philippine city of Marawi saw Islamist insurgents execute civilians or use them as human shields, while military air strikes killed non-combatants and may have been used in excess, an Amnesty International report said …
Cambodia faces U.S., EU action after banning opposition ahead of elections
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The United States promised “concrete steps” against Cambodia and the European Union threatened vital trade preferences after the Cambodian Supreme Court banned the main opposition party ahead of elections at the request of Prime …
Germany to spend 10 million euros to help clear mines in Syria: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will spend an initial 10 million euros to help remove mines from the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the Handelsblatt newspaper said in Friday editions.
Turkey’s Erdogan says wants Akkuyu nuclear plant foundations laid by end-November: papers
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wants the foundations to be laid for the Akkuyu nuclear plant in southern Turkey by the end of this month, Yeni Safak and other newspapers cited him as telling reporters during a visit to Qatar.
NZ rules out resettlement of Manus refugees without Australia’s support
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand will not resettle refugees occupying a shuttered Australian-run detention in Papua New Guinea without Australia’s agreement, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday, rejecting a suggestion to d…
Myanmar military trucks hit landmines in troubled Rakhine; one injured
YANGON (Reuters) – One person was injured when military trucks hit landmines in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State this week, state media said on Friday, amid ethnic tension following an army crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims …
Glowing profile cracks door open on private life of China’s Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – A workaholic keen swimmer with an extensive knowledge of foreign literature — China’s state news agency Xinhua on Friday cracked open the door to President Xi Jinping’s private life in an unusual and glowing profile.
German coalition talks miss deadline; parties still at odds
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to forge a three-way ruling coalition could stretch into the weekend after the parties missed Merkel’s Thursday deadline and failed to reach agreement on key issues such as migration and finances.
South Korea, U.S. reaffirm need for peaceful resolution of North Korea problem
SEOUL (Reuters) – The nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States held bilateral talks on Friday and addressed measures to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue peacefully and diplomatically, the South’s foreign ministry said.
