Gunman in Istanbul nightclub attack may have trained in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day in an attack claimed by Islamic State appears to have been well versed in guerrilla warfare and may have trained in Syria, a newspaper report and a security…
New Year road deaths surge in Thailand despite safety campaign
BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than 400 people died in road accidents in Thailand over the New Year period, statistics released on Wednesday showed, despite a government road safety campaign in one of the most dangerous countries in the world to drive a car….
China’s graft watchdog turns camera on itself in TV series
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top graft watchdog has begun airing a three-part television series highlighting corruption within its ranks, sending a message that there will be no omissions in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s war on corruption.
Indonesian military says cooperation with Australian military suspended
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia suspended cooperation with the Australian military in December for “technical reasons”, a spokesman for the Indonesian defense forces said on Wednesday, after offensive material was seen at an Australian training base.
Mexican protesters’ blockades cause ‘critical situation’ – Pemex
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Blockades of fuel storage terminals by protesters angered by a double-digit increase in gasoline prices has led to a “critical situation” in at least three Mexican states, state oil company Pemex said on Tuesday.
Jovenel Moise clinches Haiti presidency, poll fraud ruled out
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian businessman Jovenel Moise was declared the official winner of November presidential elections in the impoverished Caribbean nation on Tuesday, after an electoral tribunal ruled out allegations of massive fraud at the …
Trump’s North Korea red line could come back to haunt him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In three words of a tweet this week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed North Korea would never test an intercontinental ballistic missile.
KBR defeats appeal in U.S. over Nepal, Iraq trafficking claims
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold KBR Inc liable for alleged human trafficking, in connection with the 2004 kidnapping and murder by insurgents of 12 Nepali men being transported in Iraq to work for a subcontractor at a U.S. …
Brazil proposes prisons overhaul after massacre, families hold vigil
MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s justice minister on Tuesday proposed an overhaul of the penal system to tackle chronic prison overcrowding a day after 56 inmates were massacred in the deadliest riot in two decades.
Trump recognizes ‘urgency’ of North Korea nuclear threat: South Korea
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s “clear warning” to North Korea shows he is aware of the urgency of the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear program and will not waver from a policy of sanctions against the isolated cou…
