Police: gunmen kill two in attack on Kenya university students
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Two staff members were killed and several students were wounded in Kenya when gunmen fired on vehicles carrying students to the Technical University of Mombasa’s campus in coastal Kwale county on Tuesday, a police official an…
Gunmen open fire at Kenya university, injuring several students: witness
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Several students have been injured in Kenya after gunmen opened fire at the Technical University of Mombasa’s campus in coastal Kwale county.
Election campaigning underway in Japan as Abe takes on Hope
TOKYO (Reuters) – Election campaigning in Japan began in earnest on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeking to repel an upstart new party that has pledged to rid the government of cronyism in a challenge to Abe’s near-five year hold on power.
Philippine lawmakers reject fifth Duterte cabinet pick
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine lawmakers rejected President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice of health secretary on Tuesday, making her the fifth cabinet member to have been turned down since Duterte came to power.
Two prison inmates under investigation for plotting attacks in France
PARIS (Reuters) – Two inmates in a French prison have been placed under formal investigation days before their expected release from jail on suspicion of plotting attacks, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
Thailand to hold election in November 2018: prime minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet for the vote since taking power in a 2014 military coup.
Russia accuses U.S. of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its air strikes in Iraq to allow the group’s militants to stream into Syria to slow the Russian-backed advance of the Syria…
Taiwan president pledges to defend freedoms despite China pressure
TAIPEI (Reuters) – President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Tuesday to defend Taiwan’s freedom and democracy amid growing pressure from giant neighbor China, using a National Day speech to warn that the self-ruled island would not bow to pressure.
Fukushima court rules Tepco, government liable over 2011 disaster: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – A district court in Fukushima prefecture on Tuesday ruled that Tokyo Electric Power and the Japanese government were liable for damages totaling about 500 million yen ($4.44 million) in the largest class action lawsuit brought over th…
Bangladesh detains leaders of Islamist party for militant ‘plot’
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police have detained several top leaders of the country’s largest Islamist party in a crackdown against the opposition that the government blames for inciting militancy but which says it is being unfairly targeted.
