Turkey orders former intelligence personnel detained in Gulen probe: AA
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey issued arrest warrants for 63 people, including former National Intelligence Agency (MIT) personnel, over alleged links to the U.S.-based cleric accused of orchestrating last year’s attempted coup, Anadolu agency reported on…
Philippine police halt drug tests after residents petition court
MANILA (Reuters) – Police have been forced to stop conducting drug surveys and testing in the Philippine capital’s biggest and most populous area after a lawyers’ group representing residents filed a petition before a court, a police chief said on Tues…
Australia kicks off postal vote to decide on legalizing same-sex marriage
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Tuesday launched a postal vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage as a widely watched poll indicated the country would overwhelmingly support such unions.
Cambodia’s opposition defies Hun Sen’s threat, plans to contest election
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s main opposition party said on Tuesday that it would stand in next year’s election despite the treason charges against its leader and a threat by Prime Minister Hun Sen that it could be dissolved.
Major U.S. allies in Asia welcome new U.N. Security Council sanctions on North Korea
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) – Major U.S. allies in Asia welcomed on Tuesday the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous vote to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies to the reclusive North cappe…
Human Rights Watch says Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen are war crimes
DUBAI (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of war crimes on Tuesday, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months.
Myanmar faces mounting pressure over Rohingya refugee exodus
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on Myanmar on Tuesday to end violence that has sent about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, with the United States calling for protection of civilians and Bangladesh urging safe zones t…
China facing intensified threat of religious infiltration, extremism: official
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is facing heightened threats from foreign infiltration via religion and from the spread of extremism, a top official for religious affairs said on Tuesday, after strict new rules were passed to manage religious practice in the…
Japan PM Abe’s ratings regain 50 percent amid North Korea security jitters
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support ratings have recovered to the 50 percent level, a poll released on Tuesday showed, helped by public jitters over North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests and by disarray in the main oppositi…
Guatemala president retains immunity from prosecution in graft probe
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress on Monday voted overwhelmingly to preserve President Jimmy Morales’ immunity from prosecution after the attorney general submitted a request to investigate him over suspected financing irregularities duri…
