Turkey’s Hurriyet appoints new editor-in-chief
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper has named a new editor-in-chief, it said late on Wednesday, a day after strong criticism of the prominent daily by President Tayyip Erdogan for a story suggesting discord between the government and the a…
Shooting in Thailand’s south kills four despite safety zone deal-police
BANGKOK/NARATHIWAT, Thailand (Reuters) – Insurgents in one of Thailand’s mostly Muslim southern provinces shot and killed four people, including a child, and wounded another two children on Thursday, police said, days after a deal was reached with the …
China drills again near Taiwan as island warns of threat
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese jets and warships carried out exercises near Taiwan and into the Western Pacific on Thursday, as the self-ruled island’s defense minister warned of a growing threat from its giant neighbor.
China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media said on Thursday that a prominent Chinese rights activist had made up “fake news” of torture to grab international headlines, but his defenders said the accusations were a coordinated attempt to smear his name.
North Korea uses sophisticated tools to spy on citizens digitally – report
SEOUL (Reuters) – Isolated North Korea is developing sophisticated tools to digitally spy on its citizens, who are increasingly using mobile devices to connect to each other, a U.S. government-funded report released on Wednesday says.
Scores of detained asylum seekers take Australian cash and return home
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Dozens of asylum seekers held in a detention center in Papua New Guinea have elected to accept cash from Australia to return to their home countries, officials and refugees said, the largest exodus from the South Pacific camp in four…
Malaysia prepares to deport North Korean linked to murder; condemns attack
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia released on Friday a North Korean suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader and prepared to deport him, while police issued an arrest warrant for another North Korean wanted in connect…
U.S., South Korea agree to strengthen cooperation on North Korea sanctions
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States agreed on Thursday to strengthen cooperation on financial sanctions against North Korea, the finance ministry in Seoul said, after Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test last month.
Bolivia’s Morales travels to Cuba for medical evaluation
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales took an “emergency trip” to Cuba on Wednesday to seek treatment for a throat condition, presidential minister Rene Martinez said, adding that the president would receive a “routine evaluation.”
Afghan-based Islamic State a wild card as Trump ponders U.S. commitment
KABUL/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – An Islamic State offshoot based near the Afghan-Pakistan border is expanding to new areas, recruiting fighters and widening the reach of attacks in the region, members of the movement and Afghan officials sa…
