Vietnam urges firms to stop YouTube and Facebook ads
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam on Thursday called on all companies doing business in the country to stop advertising on YouTube, Facebook and other social media until they find a way to halt the publication of “toxic” anti-government information.
Dutch PM cheers EU leaders by seeing off far-right’s Wilders
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – EU leaders lined up on Thursday to congratulate Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on beating far-rightist Geert Wilders in the first of a series of European elections this year in which populist insurgent parties are hoping to rock …
Iraqi forces besiege Islamic State around Mosul Old City
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces besieged Islamic State militants around Mosul’s Old City on Thursday, edging closer to the historic mosque from where the group’s leader declared a caliphate nearly three years ago.
UK’s ruling Conservatives fined over election expenses, police alerted
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has been fined 70,000 pounds ($85,932) for breaching rules which govern spending during an election campaign and the matter has been referred to police, Britain’s Electoral Commission said on Thurs…
North Korea says Malaysia ‘incident’ political scheme by U.S., South Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – The recent “incident” that occurred in Malaysia was a political scheme by the United States and South Korea that will only benefit enemy countries, a North Korean diplomat based in the Chinese capital said on Thursday.
South Korea says China lacks understanding about THAAD
SEOUL (Reuters) – China is retaliating over South Korea’s agreement to host the U.S. THAAD missile defense system because it does not understand it is aimed only at defending against North Korea, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam said on …
Interpol ‘issues red notice’ for North Koreans in murder mystery
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Interpol has issued a red notice, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for four North Koreans wanted in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, Malaysia’s police chief said on Thursday.
Ethiopia trash dump landslide death toll rises to 115
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Emergency workers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa searched through a mountain of garbage for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday as the death toll from a landslide at a rubbish landfill site rose to 115.
Tillerson calls for ‘new approach’ to North Korea, no details
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday the escalating threat from North Korea’s nuclear program showed a clear need for a “new approach,” although he stopped short of detailing what steps the Trump administration would…
Four Islamic State-linked militants killed in raid in Bangladesh: police
DHAKA (Reuters) – Four suspected militants, including a woman, from a group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State were killed in a shootout on Thursday when Bangladesh police raided their hideout in the southeast, a senior police official said.
