Gibraltar says EU boss like ‘cuckolded husband,’ Spain bullying
LONDON (Reuters) – Gibraltar’s leader on Monday cast EU Council President Donald Tusk as a “cuckolded husband taking it out on the kids” for explicitly proposing that Spain be given a veto over the ties between the British enclave and the European Unio…
UK police arrest nine over brutal attack on teenage asylum seeker
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Monday they had arrested nine people after a “brutal” attack on a teenage asylum seeker involving a group up to 20 assailants in south London.
Indonesia aims to wrap up Asian Games preparations by year-end
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia hopes to complete preparations to host the 2018 Asian Games by the end of this year, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said, shrugging off concerns over a corruption probe and construction delays.
Lawyer urges NZ court to block extradition of murder suspect to China
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A lawyer for a man facing extradition to China on murder charges told New Zealand’s High Court on Monday that the government in Wellington could not rely on assurances from China that the man would not be tortured or receive the …
Textile company places rare bet on Turkey’s Kurdish southeast
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – In Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, deeply scarred by conflict between state forces and militants, a textile firm that supplies companies across Europe plans three new factories – a rare bet the government can deliver o…
Vietnamese died of stroke at Japanese detention center: official
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Vietnamese man who died in solitary confinement at a Japanese immigration detention center, raising questions about monitoring of detainees, died from a stroke, a Justice Ministry official said on Monday.
Australia’s indigenous aid program bureaucratic and wasteful: U.N.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s effort to improve the lives of its impoverished indigenous population is being undermined by a centralized, bureaucratic aid program delivered in sometimes culturally inappropriate ways, a United Nations official said on …
ADVISORY: Story on Kushner visiting Iraq withdrawn
(Reuters) – The story “Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner visits Iraq, U.S. official says”, the accompanying alert and subsequent update are wrong and are withdrawn.
Uruguay losing hope for 22 missing from sunken South Korea ore carrier
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay’s navy said on Sunday it was losing hope of finding alive any of 22 crew members missing two days after a South Korean ore carrier sank in the South Atlantic but was still continuing the search, a Navy spokesman said.
Ruling party in Armenia leads parliamentary vote
YEREVAN (Reuters) – President Serzh Sarksyan’s ruling Republican Party led in elections in Armenia on Sunday, official preliminary results showed, laying the foundation for a new parliamentary system of government.
