Southeast Asian nations not taking South China Sea thaw for granted: draft
MANILA (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations will not take a relative calm in the dispute over the South China Sea for granted, according to a draft of a statement to be issued during a summit meeting in Manila on Monday.
Exclusive: $6 for 38 days work: Child exploitation rife in Rohingya camps
COX’S BAZAR/KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee children from Myanmar are working punishing hours for paltry pay in Bangladesh, with some suffering beatings and sexual assault, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has foun…
Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing more than 130
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – More than 120 people were killed in Iran and at least several others in Iraq on Sunday when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region, state media in the two countries said, as rescuers stepped up efforts overnight t…
Telefonica suspends customer service operations in Guatemala after killings
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The Guatemalan unit of telecommunications firm Telefonica SA suspended its customer service operations and closed its shops over the weekend after three of its employees were shot to death in the Central American nation.
“You are the light” – Philippines’ Duterte croons at Trump’s request
MANILA (Reuters) – President Rodrigo Duterte crooned a hit Filipino love song at a dinner in Manila for leaders from across Asia, explaining later that it was “on the orders of U.S. President Donald Trump”.
Panama’s president to travel to China to meet Xi Jinping
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela will travel to China to meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday, the first official visit by a Panamanian leader to the Asian country coming five months after the nations established…
Iranian-backed militias routed in last Syrian militant stronghold
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State militants regained control of Albu Kamal, their last stronghold in Syria, after Iranian-backed militias who claimed to have captured the city a few days earlier were ambushed and forced to retreat, tribal leaders, reside…
Hariri warns Lebanon faces Arab sanctions risk, to return in days
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri warned on Sunday Lebanon was at risk of Gulf Arab sanctions because of the Shi’ite group Hezbollah’s regional meddling and said he would return to Lebanon within days to affirm he had resigned as the country’s prime mi…
Papua New Guinea to begin forcible removal of asylum seekers from detention center
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea Immigration Minister Petrus Thomas said authorities would take steps on Monday to forcibly remove around 450 men who remain in an abandoned Australian detention center without food or running water.
U.N. evacuates first group of refugees from Libya to Niger
TUNIS (Reuters) – A group of 25 refugees have been evacuated from Libya to Niger to have resettlement claims processed, in the first operation of its kind from the North African country, the United Nations said on Sunday.
