HK police charge pro-independence activists with unlawful assembly
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police on Wednesday charged two disqualified pro-independence legislators with unlawful assembly and forceful entry over an attempt to barge into a Legislative Council meeting in November.
Fight for power takes new forms as Kenyan elections approach
KISUMU (Reuters) – A crowd of elated young men danced outside the market in Kenya’s southern Kisumu city, waving the crisp new 200 shilling ($2) notes that a local politician was distributing from behind a dusty speaker that pounded out music.
Turkey says detains 1,000 ‘secret imams’ in police purge
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities said they had arrested more than a thousand “secret Imams” who had infiltrated police forces on behalf of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of trying to topple him last July.
Thai police to review ways to take down online content after Facebook killing
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Police in Thailand on Wednesday said they would discuss how to expedite taking down “inappropriate online content” after a man broadcast himself killing his 11-month-old daughter in a live video on Facebook.
ASEAN statement to go easy on Beijing over South China Sea dispute
MANILA (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations would adopt a softer than usual tone about South China Sea disputes at a leaders’ summit on Saturday in Manila, and exclude references to militarization or island-building, according to a draft of the chairman…
U.S. lawmakers look to Trump administration briefing for clear North Korea strategy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers want to emerge from briefings by the Trump administration on North Korea on Wednesday with something many think has been absent from the White House so far: a clear strategy for dealing with a major national securi…
China court sentences U.S. citizen to jail for espionage, then orders deportation
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a U.S. citizen to three-years and six-months in prison for espionage but then ordered she be deported, her lawyer said, in a case that has added to U.S.-China tension.
Pope urges powerful to act humbly in surprise TED talk appearance
TORONTO (Reuters) – Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at a TED talk conference on Tuesday, urging powerful leaders “to act humbly” and said he hoped technological innovation would not leave people behind.
China launches first home-built aircraft carrier amid South China Sea tension
BEIJING (Reuters) – China launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier on Wednesday amid rising tension over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea.
U.S. moves THAAD anti-missile to South Korean site, sparking protests
SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. military moved parts of an anti-missile defense system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons programs, triggering protests from villagers and …
