Kenyan police tear-gas chanting Odinga supporters
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police fired tear-gas on Wednesday at a group of 100 chanting supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, shortly after their political leader claimed “massive” fraud in this week’s elections, a Reuters witness said.
New Zealand Labour’s new leader makes significant gains in election race
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The race for New Zealand’s September election has tightened significantly only days after the appointment of New Zealand’s new opposition Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern, a poll said on Wednesday.
Car rams into soldiers in Paris suburb, suspect arrested after manhunt
PARIS (Reuters) – French police shot and arrested a man on Wednesday suspected of deliberately ramming his car into a group of soldiers in a Parisian suburb hours earlier, injuring six of them in what the government called a deliberate attack.
Suicide bomber kills four Pakistani soldiers in troubled northwest
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed four Pakistani soldiers in an attack in the troubled northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the army said on Wednesday, at least the second major attack since Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi came t…
Thailand sentences man to 18 years in prison for insulting monarchy
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai man was jailed for 18 years on Wednesday for posting six video clips deemed insulting to the monarchy, his lawyer said, the latest conviction in junta-ruled Thailand where authorities have cracked down on critics of the monar…
Kenyatta maintains strong lead in Kenya vote: election commission
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count on Wednesday with 85 percent of polling stations reporting, the election commission said.
Afghan Taliban release villagers held after attack
SAR-E PUL, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – The Taliban released 235 villagers held after the insurgents captured a village in the northern province of Sar-e Pul, a senior provincial official said.
Japanese fighters conducted air drills with U.S. B-1B bombers on Tuesday
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said it had conducted joint air drills with U.S. supersonic bombers in Japanese skies close to the Korean peninsula on Tuesday as tension in the region escalates amid North Korea’s continued ballistic missile tests.
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 19, including tourists; injures 247
JIUZHAIGOU, China (Reuters) – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including eight tourists, and injuring 247, the provincial government and official media said on …
Kenya election chief rejects opposition’s hacking claims as protests erupt
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s election commission dismissed claims on Wednesday by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and website had been hacked to produce a “fictitious” lead for Odinga’s long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta.
