How Malaysia allows child abuse to go unpunished
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Most complaints of child sexual abuse in Malaysia do not lead to successful prosecutions, largely due to weaknesses in the nation’s criminal justice system, police, lawmakers and child welfare groups say.
Trial to begin of man accused of murdering British lawmaker before Brexit vote
LONDON (Reuters) – The trial of the man accused of murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox a week before Britain voted in June’s referendum on membership of the European Union is due to begin on Monday.
Philippines police boss says U.S. guns deal on after Duterte U-turn
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines police will push ahead with the purchase of 26,000 assault rifles from a U.S. supplier, the police chief said on Monday, following an about-face by President Rodrigo Duterte, who previously said the deal would be scra…
Russia-friendly Radev wins Bulgarian presidency-partial results
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian Socialist ally Rumen Radev, a Russia-friendly newcomer to politics, won the Bulgarian presidential election, partial official results showed on Monday.
Iraq troops aim to tighten noose on Islamic State in Mosul
BAWIZA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighborhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around Islamic State militants waging a brutal defense of their Iraqi stronghold.
New U.N. role needed to fight human trafficking in conflict: experts
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People displaced by war across the world are at heightened risk of human trafficking due to gaps in the United Nations’ response, campaigners said on Monday, calling for the creation of a new U.N. office to fight m…
Pro-Russian candidate triumphs in Moldova presidential race
CHISINAU (Reuters) – A pro-Russian candidate for president of Moldova has won the race, preliminary results showed on Sunday, following a campaign in which he vowed to slam the brakes on seven years of closer integration with the European Union.
Israeli ministers defy Netanyahu over settlement evacuation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli ministerial committee on Sunday defied Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and voted to support a bill to allow settlers in the occupied West Bank to remain in homes built on privately owned Palestinian land.
EU braces for ‘more businesslike’ ties with Trump’s America
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union must spend more on defense and uphold accords on climate change and Iran’s nuclear program, the bloc’s foreign ministers said after mulling future ties with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has cast doubt o…
U.N. Security Council presses for peaceful Congo transition on trip
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council pushed for a peaceful transition of power in Congo during a weekend visit aimed at averting massive violence when President Joseph Kabila’s mandate runs out on Dec. 19.
