Iceland’s president asks Independence Party to form new government
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Iceland’s president on Wednesday asked the leader of the center-right Independence Party to form a new government after the party emerged on top in a general election on Saturday.
U.N. peacekeepers failed to respond to South Sudan hotel attack: inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations peacekeepers failed to respond to an attack on civilians by South Sudanese government troops at the Hotel Terrain in the capital Juba in July, less than a mile from a U.N. compound, a U.N. inquiry found on Tues…
Haunted by asylum center fire, divided Austrian town prepares to vote
ALTENFELDEN, Austria (Reuters) – The men sip beers in Altenfelden’s Barolo bar, remembering the night this summer when attackers set fire to the town’s refugee center before a single migrant had moved in.
Swiss police arrest imam, four suspects after raid on mosque
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss authorities have arrested four people on suspicion of inciting violence and crime after a raid on a mosque in the northern city of Winterthur, the Zurich chief prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
Zuma drops bid to delay Gupta report amid opposition protest
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday dropped his court bid to delay the release of a report over alleged influence peddling in government as thousands marched in the capital Pretoria against the president.
British banker acted rationally, called mother, after HK murders: prosecution
HONG KONG (Reuters) – British investment banker Rurik Jutting acted rationally before and after he killed two Indonesian women in his luxury Hong Kong apartment and had even telephoned his mother after killing the second woman, the prosecution said on …
Najib asks West to stop ‘lecturing’ as Malaysia embraces China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Malaysian premier Najib Razak said that former colonial powers should not lecture nations they once exploited on their internal affairs, a Chinese newspaper reported on Wednesday, in a veiled attack on the West as he looks to streng…
Boat sinks off Indonesia’s Batam, killing 17: disaster agency
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off Batam Island on Wednesday, killing 17 of them, Indonesia’s national disaster agency said.
His war on drugs well underway, Philippines’ Duterte now tackles labor reform
MANILA (Reuters) – In four years, Ivan Rey Tan worked with seven Philippine businesses. From a doughnut shop to a baby products store, the firms only hired workers on short-term contracts to rein in costs, and none of his jobs lasted longer than five m…
Vietnam PM orders probe after karaoke blaze kills 13
HANOI (Reuters) – A fire that broke out at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam’s capital killed at least 13 people, the government said on Wednesday, in a rare accident of its kind for which the prime minister demanded an investigation and punishment for safet…
