New U.N. chief, in China, calls for human rights respect
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United Nations needs to make sure there is an “effective combination” of human, civil and economic rights in a world where many rights are not respected, U.N. secretary general-elect Antonio Guterres said on Monday during a visi…
Bombs, artillery rain on rebels as Philippines siege rages
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines military dropped bombs from planes and rained artillery shells on southern rebels on Monday, the third day of a siege of militants sympathetic to Islamic State, during which 35 guerrillas have been killed, the army s…
Resettled in the Baltics, refugees flee for wealthier lands
RUKLA, Lithuania/MUCENIEKI, Latvia (Reuters) – In early November, 34 Syrian and Iraqi refugees boarded buses heading for Germany from Lithuania, the country where they had been resettled. No one expects them to return.
China protests to Singapore over troop carriers in Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it had lodged a protest with Singapore after Singaporean armored troop carriers were seized by Hong Kong customs en route back from Taiwan, as a state-owned newspaper warned against Singapore’s “hypocrisy”.
South Africa’s Zuma faces no-confidence vote by top ANC committee
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa’s scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma faces a no confidence vote on Monday by the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC), with at least three of his cabinet ministers turning against him, local media reported.
South Korea’s Park ‘can’t be questioned by Tuesday’ as prosecutors have requested
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye cannot be questioned by Tuesday as prosecutors have requested, her lawyer said, as she resists growing calls to resign over an influence scandal that has engulfed her administration.
Uganda police says death toll from weekend fighting rises to 62
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The death toll from weekend fighting in western Uganda has risen to 62 after a clash between police and militia allied to a tribal king near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional police spokesman said on Monda…
Support for Australian PM falls with another legislative compromise
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Support for Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has fallen to its lowest levels since he took office more than a year ago, an opinion poll showed on Monday, potentially loosening his already tenuous grip on power.
UK think-tank plans legal challenge over Europe single market access
LONDON (Reuters) – A British think-tank said on Monday it planned to take legal action over whether the government can take Britain out of the single market as part of its exit from the European Union, in the latest legal attempt to challenge the Brexi…
Philippine police find home-made bomb near U.S. embassy, rebels suspected
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police conducted a controlled detonation of a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday and said militants sympathetic to Islamic State could have been responsible.
