South Africa’s Zuma says ANC lawmakers who voted against him must be punished
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma wants the African National Congress to identify and punish party members who voted against him in a no-confidence motion in parliament last week.
Austria finds some egg products contaminated with insecticide: ORF
VIENNA (Reuters) – Tests show that some imported egg products in Austria have been contaminated with a potentially harmful insecticide, a health ministry official told broadcaster ORF on Monday, adding to the list of countries affected by an internatio…
Eye-catching China activist Super Vulgar Butcher ‘admits wrongdoing’
BEIJING (Reuters) – A human rights activist best known as “Super Vulgar Butcher” who rose to prominence by harnessing social media to mobilize public support admitted in a closed-door trial that his actions “violated the law”, a Chinese court said on M…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa, possible Mugabe successor, hospitalized in South Africa
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a possible successor to 94-year-old President Robert Mugabe, is unwell and had been taken to a hospital in South Africa.
UAE pushes for better ties with cleric Sadr amid efforts to contain Iran
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates signaled its desire to strengthen ties with Iraq during weekend talks with influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as part of efforts by Sunni nations of the Middle East to halt Iran’s growing regio…
Between old foe and aggressive ally, no honeymoon for South Korea’s Moon
SEOUL (Reuters) – Just over three months in office, South Korea’s president is finding little room to maneuver between old enemy North Korea and increasing combativeness from long-time ally, the United States.
Court finds defrauding Islamic State is a crime in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court has found a Syrian refugee guilty of attempting to defraud Islamic State, a court spokeswoman said on Monday, granting legal protection to a group viewed as terrorists by the European Union.
India says to deport all Rohingya regardless of U.N. registration
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants, even those registered with the U.N. refugee agency, and the government aims to deport them, a senior government official told Reuters.
India restores hospital oxygen supply as anger mounts over child deaths
GORAKHPUR, India (Reuters) – Indian health authorities on Monday delivered oxygen to a public hospital where 63 people have died of encephalitis in recent days, nearly half of them children, as it ran out of medical supplies because of unpaid bills, tr…
China issues order to implement U.N. sanctions on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Ministry issued a ban effective from Tuesday on several imports from North Korea, including coal, iron ore, lead concentrates and ore, lead and seafood, a move that is in line with U.N. sanctions announced this mont…
