Chinese capital shuts major road during rare protest
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing police shut down part of a major road on Monday as they dealt with a rare protest in the Chinese capital, with demonstrators gathering to complain the government had unfairly accused a company they say helps the poor of pyra…
Philippines’ Duterte warns miners: ‘I will tax you to death’
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he wanted to stop exporting mineral resources and might close the mining sector completely and tax miners “to death” if damage to the environment persisted.
Suicide bomber in Pakistan’s Lahore kills 25, many of them police
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of relative calm in Pakistan’s second-largest city.
Iran top judge demands U.S. release assets, jailed Iranians
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s top judge called on the United States on Monday to release Iranians held in U.S. jails and billions of dollars in Iranian assets, days after Washington urged Tehran to free three U.S. citizens.
Turkish journalists go on trial accused of waging ‘asymmetric war’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Seventeen employees of a Turkish opposition newspaper went on trial on Monday accused of supporting a terrorist group, a case seen by government critics as a further sign that freedom of expression is under attack.
Thailand seizes $21 million in assets from dead founder of dark net marketplace AlphaBay
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police have seized nearly $21 million worth of assets, from cars to cryptocurrency, belonging to the late founder of dark web marketplace AlphaBay, who died in a Bangkok jail this month, they said on Monday.
Qatari websites unblocked in Saudi due to technical glitch: royal adviser
RIYADH (Reuters) – Websites and some television channels linked to Qatar were unblocked in Saudi Arabia on Monday morning but the change arose from a technical glitch and the restrictions will be reimposed shortly, a key Saudi royal court adviser said….
Philippines’ Duterte says drugs war will go on, despite criticism
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday vowed to forge on with his controversial war on drugs and said no amount of criticism or international pressure would deter him.
Polish president unexpectedly vetoes judiciary reform
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday he will veto two of three bills reforming the country’s judiciary system, easing worries that the ruling Law and Justice party will undermine the division of powers.
Vietnam says Indonesian navy shot its fishermen in South China Sea
HANOI (Reuters) – Indonesia’s navy shot and wounded four Vietnamese fishermen aboard a fishing boat in the South China Sea at the weekend, Vietnamese authorities said.
