China says no one should bring chaos to Korean peninsula
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday no one had the right to bring chaos to the Korean peninsula, a day after it pushed for full implementation of U.N. sanctions against neighboring North Korea for its missile and nuclear tests and called for di…
More than 30 migrants, mostly toddlers, drown off Libya: rescuers
ROME (Reuters) – More than 30 migrants, mostly toddlers, drowned on Wednesday when about 200 people without life jackets fell from a boat into the sea off the Libyan coast before they could be hauled into waiting rescue boats.
Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a call last month with the Philippines’ president, U.S. President Donald Trump described North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un as a “madman with nuclear weapons” who could not be let on the loose, according to a leaked Philippine t…
New police taskforce to target Indonesian gays
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police in Indonesia’s most populous province plan to deploy a taskforce to investigate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activity, a move likely to fuel concerns of a widening crackdown on the community in the Muslim-ma…
Australian national kidnapped in Yemen freed after 7 months
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian kidnapped in Yemen has been released safe and well after seven months in captivity, Australia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Italy looks to put G7 focus on Africa, but other crises encroach
ROME (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders of the world’s seven major industrialized nations gather in Sicily on Friday, they will enjoy a spectacular view of the Mediterranean Sea, but won’t get any glimpse of boats full of mi…
Syrian army says senior Islamic State militant killed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army said on Wednesday it had killed Islamic State’s military commander in Syria during operations in the north of the country, where the Russian-backed government forces are seizing more territory back from the jihadist g…
Taiwan court rules in favor of same-sex marriage, first in Asia
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s constitutional court declared on Wednesday that same-sex couples have the right to legally marry, the first such ruling in Asia, sparking celebration by activists who have been campaigning for the right for years.
UK police hunt Manchester bomber’s network, angered by U.S. leaks
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Police scrambled to close down a network around the Manchester suicide bomber with arrests in Britain and Tripoli on Wednesday, as details about the investigation were leaked to U.S. media, infuriating authorities who fe…
Turkey orders arrest of scores of municipality, ministry staff: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 139 staff from Ankara municipalities and two ministries in an investigation targeting supporters of the U.S.-based cleric accused of being behind last July’s failed coup, CNN Turk said o…
