India begins presidential vote count, BJP candidate Kovind frontrunner
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India began counting votes for its next president on Thursday with the ruling coalition’s candidate, Ram Nath Kovind, clear favorite to win the largely ceremonial post, extending the government’s control of top jobs.
Turkish ministry says Germany comments on activists’ arrests unacceptable
ANKARA (Reuters) – Comments by German officials regarding Turkey’s arrest of six human rights activists, including a German citizen, were unacceptable and amounted to interference in the judiciary, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Thailand should leave ‘no stone unturned’ after 62 found guilty of trafficking
BANGKOK (Reuters) – More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said on Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people were convicted of crimes including trafficking and m…
Millions heed anti-Maduro shutdown in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Many Venezuelan streets were barricaded and deserted on Thursday for a strike called by foes of President Nicolas Maduro to demand elections and the scrapping of plans for a new congress they fear would consolidate dictatorship in t…
Philippine police arrest 43 foreigners for kidnapping Singaporean woman
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine police said on Thursday they had arrested 43 foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals, for kidnapping a Singaporean woman at a casino resort in the capital.
Russia, U.S. duel at U.N. over whether North Korea fired long-range missile
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and Russia are waging rival campaigns at the United Nations Security Council over the type of ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier this month as the U.S. pushes to impose stronger sanctions on Pyon…
Peru’s jailed ex-leader Fujimori backs son as opposition splits
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori backed his son on Wednesday for “building bridges” with the government of centrist President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, and issued a rare rebuke to the opposition party led by his daughter th…
Turkey’s publication of U.S. troop locations poses risk, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The publication by Turkey’s state-run news agency of the locations of what appeared to be U.S. military posts in Syria puts American forces in danger, and the United States has complained to Turkey, a NATO ally, the Pentagon said…
Gunfire erupts near police bases in Ivory Coast main city: witnesses
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Gunfire was heard coming from two police installations in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan late on Wednesday, according to two Reuters witnesses.
Turkish official urges Saudi Arabia to drop demands against Qatar
DOHA (Reuters) – A senior Turkish official in an interview broadcast on Wednesday called on Saudi Arabia to drop 13 demands it and other Arab states had made of Qatar, saying they represent an infringement on its sovereignty.
