Second Australian politician forced to resign over dual citizenship
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s third largest party the Australian Greens lost a second senator on Tuesday, forced to resign after realizing she had dual citizenship and was ineligible for office, only days after another Greens senator resigned for the …
Rights groups call for justice ahead of major Thailand trafficking verdict
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand should ensure those involved in trafficking migrants are brought to justice, rights groups said on Tuesday, ahead of a verdict in a major trafficking trial involving 103 defendants that has been beset by allegations of inti…
Philippine president asks Congress to keep martial law until end of year
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday asked Congress to extend martial law on the southern island of Mindanao until the end of the year, to grant him time to crush a rebel movement inspired by the Islamic State group.
Japan doctor who practiced until months before his death dies at 105
TOKYO (Reuters) – A centenarian Japanese doctor who saw patients until just months before his death and helped set up the medical systems that have made Japan one of the world’s longest-lived nations died on Tuesday at the age of 105.
Australia centralizes national security agencies amid heightened threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday Australia’s domestic security bodies, including the police and the national spy agency, will be centralized under a single minister as Canberra tackles the rising threat of “lone wolf” …
Trump says Iran complying with nuclear deal but remains dangerous threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday declared that Iran was complying with its nuclear agreement with world powers, but warned that Tehran was in default of the spirit of the accord and that Washington would look for…
Strong earthquake strikes off Peru, no damage seen
LIMA (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck off the coast of Peru on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, though Peru’s civil defense institute Indeci said there was no risk of a tsunami and no immediate damage.
New party boss of Chongqing demands banishment of “evil legacy” of Bo Xilai
BEIJING (Reuters) – The new leader of the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing has demanded officials banish the “evil legacy” of its former party chief Bo Xilai, state media said on Tuesday, a man jailed for life in 2013 after a dramatic corruption …
Trial of Thailand’s Yingluck fails to break Shinawatra machine
BANGKOK/KHON KAEN (Reuters) – As the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over an extravagant rice subsidy program winds to a close, her rural supporters are resisting attempts by the ruling junta to silence her family’s political ma…
Iran’s Zarif hopes Yemen war does not lead to Iran, Saudi conflict
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that he hopes Yemen’s war will not spark direct confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia and that they can work together to end the conflict in the country and Syria.
