Saudi forces kill “wanted man” at Shi’ite district- newspaper
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi security forces shot dead a wanted man in eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, a local newspaper reported, after gunmen tried to stop redevelopment work at the old quarter of Awamiya, where authorities say Shi’ite militants are hi…
Six killed as Bangladesh police raid militant hideout
DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh raided a militant hideout on Thursday sparking a clash in which five suspected militants and a fire fighter were killed in blasts that the militants set off, police said.
Wall collapse kills 23 during wedding celebration in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Twenty-three people were killed and 30 injured in India when a wall collapsed on a crowd of people celebrating a wedding, police said on Thursday.
South Korea urges ‘parallel’ talks, sanctions to rein in North
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new president launched international efforts to defuse tension over North Korea’s weapons development on Thursday, urging both dialogue and sanctions while also aiming to ease China’s anger about a U.S. anti-missile syst…
China’s Xi speaks with new South Korean president about North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in on Thursday about the North Korean nuclear issue, state television said.
China says three of most wanted graft suspects let off
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three people on China’s list of 100 most wanted graft suspects overseas were not prosecuted when they finally returned to China, the government has said in an update on the cases of 40 people on the list it has had returned.
Spontaneous protests wrongfoot police, loosening India’s grip on Kashmir
PULWAMA, India (Reuters) – Images of students confronting police on campuses have come to symbolize Kashmiri protests against Indian rule as much as gun-toting militants in fatigues, in what security officials and separatist leaders say is a dangerous …
Commentator who amplified Macron hacks given White House press access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. far-right online activist credited with initially sharing on Twitter hacked emails from the French presidential campaign of centrist Emmanuel Macron is the latest conservative media figure to receive White House access fro…
Brazil says meat importers toughened controls after scandal
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Fifty-seven meat importers in Brazil toughened controls on shipments in the wake of a food safety scandal in March but no problems with production have been found, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi told a congressional hearing on …
Argentines protest Supreme Court ruling on Dirty War sentences
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Argentines protested on Wednesday against a Supreme Court ruling that could decrease jail time for those convicted of human rights abuses during the country’s 1976 – 1983 military dictatorship that killed a…
