Indonesian students, activists lambast minister’s doorless dorms proposal
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian students and activists said on Wednesday that a minister’s suggestion to remove doors at college dormitories to prevent sexual promiscuity would infringe privacy and compromise security.
South Korea names new PM, finance minister amid scandal, angering opposition
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s presidential office on Wednesday named a new prime minister and finance minister, the highest-level shake-up since President Park Geun-hye’s administration was rocked by a scandal involving a friend accused of meddling i…
Venezuela opposition scraps Maduro trial but presses demands
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela freed four activists and the opposition postponed a symbolic trial in congress of President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday even as it warned it would quit Vatican-backed talks in a matter of days if tough conditions were not me…
Pope says he believes ban on female priests is forever
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Tuesday he believes the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on women becoming priests is forever and will never be changed, in some of his most definitive remarks on the issue.
Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines
ZARQA/SHURA, Iraq (Reuters) – After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard length to alms to guidelines for taking women as sex slaves.
Ivory Coast approves new constitution, opposition claims fraud
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Voters in Ivory Coast overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a weekend referendum, according to provisional results announced by the elections commission on Tuesday, though opposition groups denounced the turnout figure as fr…
U.S. officials say North Korea preparing missile launch: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea is preparing to launch an intermediate-range ballistic missile in the next three days, Fox Business Network reported on Tuesday, citing two unidentified U.S. officials.
France to begin moving migrant minors from Calais on Wednesday: officials
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – French authorities will on Wednesday begin transferring about 1,500 unaccompanied migrant minors to reception centers across the country, officials said on Tuesday, as a standoff with Britain over who takes care of the youths…
Nicaragua’s Ortega seen easily winning third straight term: poll
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is expected to win re-election by a landslide on Nov. 6, according to a poll published on Tuesday, the last such survey released before the vote.
Pakistani opposition retracts claim two supporters killed in clashes with police
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition figure Imran Khan and his party late on Tuesday retracted earlier claims that two supporters had been killed in clashes with police in the run-up to a planned “shutdown” of the national capital.
