Train derailment in northern India injures 25
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 25 people were injured on Thursday when eight carriages of a passenger train derailed in northern India, a railway ministry spokesman said, the latest in a series of incidents involving the world’s fourth-largest rail net…
China sets rules on beards, veils to combat extremism in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will step up a campaign against religious extremism in the far western region of Xinjiang on Saturday by implementing a range of measures, including prohibiting “abnormal” beards, the wearing of veils in public places and the …
Philippine lawmaker pushes for Duterte impeachment over ‘defeatist’ China stance
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippines lawmaker filed supplementary charges on Thursday to an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, accusing him of taking a “defeatist stance” by doing nothing to challenge Beijing’s activities in the South…
Tens of thousands told to evacuate after cyclone brings flood fears to Australia’s east
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities told 40,000 people to evacuate to higher ground on Thursday as a storm system generated by a powerful cyclone that pummeled the northeast two days ago swept down the coast with heavy rain.
Ousted South Korean leader behind bars after arrest on bribery charges
SEOUL (Reuters) – Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye was behind bars in the Seoul Detention Centre on Friday after her arrest, on charges including bribery, in a corruption scandal that has brought low some of the country’s business and politica…
Israel says to cut another $2 million from its U.N. contribution
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it would cut a further $2 million from its already reduced contribution this year to the United Nations in protest at resolutions taken against it at the world body’s various forums.
Suicide truck bomb kills at least 17 in south Baghdad: police sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide truck bomb blew up at a checkpoint in the south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 60, police sources said.
Amnesty says UAE sentences dissident professor to 10 years
DUBAI (Reuters) – Rights group Amnesty International said a court in the United Arab Emirates had sentenced a dissident professor to 10 years in prison for online activism on Wednesday, calling the move a violation of free speech.
Face of anti-Kremlin protests is the son of a Putin ally
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian high school student Roman Shingarkin had some explaining to do when he got home after becoming one of the faces of anti-Kremlin protests at the weekend. His father is a former member of parliament who supports President Vladi…
U.S. military says difficult to avoid Mosul casualties, probes blast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. general said on Wednesday it will be difficult to maintain “extraordinarily high standards” to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul, even as the U.S. military begins a formal investigation into an explosion in the Ira…
