Pakistan express train collision kills at least 20
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A long-distance train collided into stationary coaches in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, hospital officials said, in the country’s second major rail collision in less than two months.
Britain could still change its mind over EU divorce, says man who drafted Article 50
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could still change its mind about Brexit after triggering its formal divorce talks with the European Union, the man who drafted Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty told the BBC.
Suu Kyi says ‘delicate’ Myanmar conflict handled by rule of law
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) – The Myanmar government is responding to conflict in the troubled north of Rakhine state, which has suffered its worst violence since 2012, based on rule of law, leader Aung San Suu Kyi was quoted as saying on Thursday.
In a West Bank refugee camp, political struggle turns to violence
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (Reuters) – Hundreds of bullet holes scar the concrete walls, shop fronts and trash-strewn alleys of Balata, the West Bank’s largest refugee camp, the result of furious clashes earlier this week between Palestinian securi…
Former South Korean presidential aide arrested in political scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors have detained a former aide to President Park Geun-hye, a prosecution official said on Thursday, the second person to be held in an influence peddling scandal that has rocked the country’s presidency.
South Korean PM nominee says president can be subject to investigation
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new prime minister nominee said on Thursday it is his view that the country’s president can be subject to prosecutors’ ongoing investigation into an influence peddling scandal.
Cambodian PM Hun Sen backs U.S. Republican candidate Trump
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday he wanted U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to win next week’s election because Trump would reduce tension with Russia and be good for world peace.
Amid peace and prosperity, Myanmar farmers fall prey to land seizures
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Land conflicts in Myanmar have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land, and new laws failing to protect farmers, a rights watchdog said on Thursday.
Thailand’s junta seeks to reassure powerful rice farmers amid price plunge
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military government has rolled out a series of rescue packages in a bid to help rice farmers, most of whom hail from the political heartlands of the government it toppled, amid tumbling prices of the grain.
Australian police arrest two linked to Syria militants
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police on Thursday arrested a man believed to have fought with Syrian militants and a youth who was stopped at the border allegedly planning to join Islamic State in Syria.
