Russia’s Alrosa searching for nine miners missing after accident
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rescue teams are searching for nine workers missing in an underground mine owned by Russian diamond miner Alrosa after water flooded in on Friday, the company said.
Rwanda’s Kagame wins third presidential term by a landslide
KIGALI (Reuters) – Incumbent leader Paul Kagame has swept to a landslide victory in Rwanda’s presidential election, results showed early on Saturday, securing a third term in office and extending his 17 years in power.
Thailand opposition figure accuses junta of neglecting flood-hit northeast
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Floods have killed 27 people in Thailand, stoking tension in the politically divided country, with an opposition figure on Friday accusing the ruling junta of being slow to respond to the disaster.
Al Shabaab militants seize town in south of Somalia: residents
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s militant Islamist group al Shabaab seized a town in the south of the country early on Friday after it was abandoned by the military and African Union-mandated (AMISOM) peacekeepers, residents said.
Chinese academic who called Mao a ‘devil’ says he was sacked
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese professor who called the founder of modern China Mao Zedong a “devil” on social media said on Friday he had been sacked by a prominent Beijing university.
At least six Buddhists killed in rising Rakhine violence
YANGON (Reuters) – Suspected insurgents killed at least six members of a Buddhist ethnic minority in western Myanmar on Thursday, the government and regional sources said, amid spiraling violence in troubled Rakhine state.
Death of university graduate sparks anger at Chinese pyramid scam gangs
BEIJING (Reuters) – The death of a young Chinese university graduate who fell victim to a pyramid scheme on a job-seeking website has made national headlines and sparked an outpouring of sympathy and anger online.
U.S. ban on visiting North Korea a ‘sordid’ limit on exchanges: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has criticized Washington’s decision to ban U.S. passport holders from visiting the North, with state media describing it on Friday as a “sordid” attempt to limit human exchanges.
Philippines’ Duterte signs law granting free public college
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law granting tuition-free education in all state universities, a Cabinet official said on Friday, setting aside the advice of his economic managers to reject the measure.
Pakistan’s new PM forms cabinet with an eye to 2018 poll
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday formed a cabinet filled with allies of toppled leader Nawaz Sharif, in a reshuffle that appears aimed at bolstering support ahead of general elections due in mid-2018.
