Taliban hang student suspected over assassination: official
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban militants hanged a university student in public in a village west of Kabul after accusing him of involvement in the death of a senior Taliban official, a local government spokesman said on Saturday.
Duterte says felt rapport with Trump, assures U.S.-Philippines ties intact
MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte described as “encouraging” his phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, during which he felt a rapport between them and gave assurance that ties were intact, despite a…
China says has defeated ‘conspiracy’ to stir up South China Sea trouble
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s success at turning around relations with the Philippines under its new president Rodrigo Duterte show the “conspiracies” of certain countries to stir up trouble in the South China Sea have been defeated, China’s foreign mini…
Norway urges Trump to issue predictable, clear policy on Russia
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Norway on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to enunciate a clear and predictable policy on Russia as soon as possible, amid growing concerns in Oslo about increasing Russian military activities in the “High …
Malaysia says Myanmar violence against Muslim Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia described the violence against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “ethnic cleansing” on Saturday, ahead of a planned solidarity march in Kuala Lumpur expected to be led by Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Hong Kong officials widen legal attack on fledgling independence movement
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Leaders of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong widened their legal fight against the city’s fledgling independence movement on Friday, targeting four more lawmakers over oaths taken at a Legislative Council swearing-in ceremony in October.
China expresses concern as Yemen’s Houthis form government
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry has expressed concern after Yemen’s armed Houthi movement and its political allies formed a new government, in what appeared a blow to U.N.-backed efforts to end 20 months of war in the country.
‘Unprecedented’ numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan: U.N.
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages – the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time – and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs out next year, the …
Victims of Colombia crash take final flights home to Brazil
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) – Dozens of coffins carrying those killed when a plane flying Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team crashed into a Colombian mountain were loaded onto Brazilian air force planes for their final journey home on Friday.
Americas’ top rights commission urges Argentina to free activist
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Inter-American Commision on Human Rights on Friday called on Argentina to release social activist Milagro Sala, who has been jailed since the beginning of the year in the northwestern province of Jujuy.
