China holds memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese soldiers laid wreaths on Tuesday at a ceremony to mark the 1937 massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing by Japanese troops.
Thousands in North Korea at risk months after devastating floods: IFRC
SEOUL (Reuters) – Thousands of survivors of floods that hit a remote corner of North Korea in August are in need of urgent aid as winter sets in, a senior international aid official said on Tuesday.
French EU exit would be tricky for a Le Pen presidency
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, who wants to become president in next spring’s elections, celebrated Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.
Thai king to pardon up to 150,000 inmates, including royal insult convicts
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s new King Maha Vajiralongkorn will pardon or commute the sentences of up to 150,000 prison inmates, including some jailed under one of the world’s toughest laws against royal insult, officials said on Tuesday.
Pakistan International Airlines chairman resigns days after plane crash
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Azam Saigol has resigned from his post citing personal reasons, the company’s spokesman said on Tuesday, less than a week after a PIA plane crashed and all 47 people on board were kil…
Netanyahu says Israel ‘mightier’ as first F-35 fighter jets arrive
NEVATIM AIR BASE, Israel (Reuters) – – Israel on Monday became the first country after the United States to receive the U.S.-built F-35 stealth jet which will increase its ability to attack distant targets, including Iran.
Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president’s campaign against dru…
Jho Low family’s move to claim assets rejected by U.S. court
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge rejected on Monday a move by family members of Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho to claim assets seized by the U.S. government in its probe into the scandal-tainted 1MDB fund.
After Trump’s win, China and Mexico move to deepen ties
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – China and Mexico pledged on Monday to deepen ties at a meeting between their top diplomats following last month’s U.S. presidential election victory of Donald Trump, who has tested Washington’s relationship with both countries.
Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stages
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies are in the “last moments before declaring victory” in Aleppo, a Syrian military source said, after rebel defenses collapsed on Monday, leaving insurgents in a tiny, heavily bombarded pocke…
