Australia’s citizenship crisis spreads, key Senator under a cloud
CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s widening citizenship crisis entangled a seventh politician on Friday, a key independent senator whose support is critical for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to pass legislation through a hostile Senate.
Suspected al Shabaab attackers kill three in Kenya’s Lamu: official
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Suspected members of Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group beheaded at least three men overnight in an attack on a Kenyan village, authorities said on Friday, a month after nine were killed in a similar way nearby.
South African court denies Gordhan protection in Gupta, bank dispute
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court denied on Friday an application by former finance minister Pravin Gordhan for an order that would block the ministry from any involvement in a dispute between banks and the Gupta family, businessmen accuse…
Six South Korean soldiers hurt, seventh dies in training session, army official says
SEOUL (Reuters) – An explosion during an artillery exercise on Friday injured six South Korean soldiers and killed a seventh, a South Korean army official told Reuters.
As U.S. debates policy, Afghan pilots fear for families’ lives
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – As the Trump administration debates war strategy in Afghanistan, this Afghan pilot in the U.S.-backed Afghan Air Force has more pressing concerns: He’s worried the Taliban may kidnap or kill his family.
Top U.S. general reaffirms commitment to Japan amid North Korea tensions
TOKYO (Reuters) – The top U.S. general restated Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to the security of its close Asian ally, Japan, on Friday amid regional tensions over North Korea, telling his counterpart in Tokyo that “an attack on one is an attack o…
Hong Kong legal chief denies political motive in jailings as criticism mounts
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legal chief denied any “political motive” in seeking jail for three young pro-democracy activists on Friday, responding to a Reuters report that he had overruled other legal officials who had initially advised against …
China’s top party school urges cadres to learn from Xi’s teenage travails
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top training school for Communist Party cadres has published a book on the experiences of President Xi Jinping during the Cultural Revolution, exhorting party members to learn from the events that drove his “unshaken pursuit…
Jailed former Mexican governor starts hunger strike over ‘witch hunt’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Former Mexican governor Javier Duarte, in jail awaiting trial on graft charges, has embarked on a hunger strike to protest the “witch hunt” against him, according to a letter he wrote that was published by local TV on Thursday.
Furor erupts over killing of teenager as Philippines drugs war escalates
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines police came under pressure on Friday to explain the killing of a high-school student after the 17-year-old became one of at least 80 people shot dead this week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s ruthless …
