Thousands protest South Korean president as older conservatives grumble
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday in the fourth straight weekend of protest against embattled President Park Geun-hye.
Denmark’s PM Rasmussen aims to broaden government
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has decided to invite two allied political parties to join the government ahead of reform negotiations that could lead to a snap election.
Islamic State kills 12 Sunni tribal fighters, police south of Mosul
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State killed seven Sunni tribal fighters who support the Iraqi government and five policemen on Saturday in a town south of Mosul, the insurgents’ last major city stronghold in Iraq, local security sources said.
Amid killing spree, Filipino actors spotlight vigilantes of Duterte’s drug war
MANILA (Reuters) – An unidentified gunman shoots dead a Filipino man. A reporter looks anxious as he arrives at the scene and watches a policeman inspect the body.
Venezuelan first lady’s nephews convicted in U.S. drug trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady were found guilty on Friday on U.S. charges that they tried to carry out a multimillion-dollar drug deal to obtain a large amount of cash to help their family stay in power.
Saudi soldier killed by missile from Yemen hours before ceasefire
DOHA (Reuters) – A Saudi soldier was killed on Saturday by a missile fired by Yemeni rebels across the border into the kingdom’s southern Asir province, the interior ministry said.
Thousands of Indonesians rally against racial, religious intolerance
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of Indonesians held a peaceful rally on Saturday to promote unity, saying they were worried by signs of growing racial and religious intolerance in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Rebel group kills three Indian soldiers in separatist attack in Assam
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Three Indian soldiers were killed and four seriously wounded on Saturday in a separatist attack in the restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said.
U.S. officials arrive in Australia to begin assessing asylum seekers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. officials have arrived in Australia to begin assessing asylum seekers held on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island and Nauru for resettlement in the United States, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Saturday.
Western Japan jolted by 5.4 magnitude quake
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 shook western Japan on Saturday but there was no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued.
