Indonesia Islamists urge ouster of Jakarta governor, plan more protests
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Islamist groups on Monday called on the government to suspend the Christian governor of the capital and for the courts to convict him of blasphemy, demands they will make again at a rally outside parliament on Tuesday.
One in four Canadians support temporary refugee ban: poll
OTTAWA (Reuters) – One in four Canadians say Ottawa should have adopted a temporary halt on Syrian refugees in response to the United States’ controversial travel ban, though the majority supported the government’s current immigration plan, an Angus Re…
Washington prepares to bring North Koreans to U.S. for talks: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Preparations are under way to bring senior North Korean officials to the United States for talks with former U.S. officials, the first such meeting in more than five years, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
Cambodia parliament backs change that bars leader’s rival
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s parliament amended a law on Monday to stop anyone convicted of an offense from running for office, effectively barring long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen’s main rival.
Scuffles at Thai temple as police hunt for monk
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Monks and police scuffled on Monday at a Buddhist temple in Thailand where security forces are trying to arrest an influential former abbot on money-laundering charges.
Four North Korean suspects fled Malaysia after airport murder: police
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Four North Korean suspects in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fled Malaysia on the day he was attacked at Kuala Lumpur airport and apparently killed by a fast-acting poison, police sa…
Murder in Malaysia shows North Korea reckless, bolder: South Korea PM
SEOUL (Reuters) – The killing of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half- brother in Malaysia last week shows the brutality of isolated North Korea and its “terrorism tactics are getting bolder”, South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said o…
How Indians will ‘vote their caste’ in huge state election
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is voting in the biggest democratic election anywhere in the world this year. If it were a country, Uttar Pradesh – with a population of nearly 220 million – would be the world’s fifth-l…
Trump baffles Sweden with crime comment, says it was based on TV report
STOCKHOLM/WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – A day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump said on Sunday his comment was based on a television report he had seen.
Afghan training goes back to basics as Trump faces U.S. troop decision
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At a recent, at times chaotic live-fire exercise near NATO’s military base in Kandahar, Romanian army Master Sergeant Liviv Sandulache’s advice to the assembled Afghan officers was simple: “I don’t want anybod…
