As bodies pile up in Philippines, many fear to talk about Duterte’s war
MANILA (Reuters) – The body of 22-year-old pedicab driver Eric Sison lies in a coffin in a Manila slum with a chick pacing across his casket, placed there in keeping with a local tradition to symbolically peck at the conscience of his killers.
Philippines worried, says more Chinese boats spotted at disputed shoal
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – The Philippines expressed “grave concern” on Sunday and demanded an explanation from China’s ambassador over what it said was an increasing number of Chinese boats near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
Syrian forces besiege rebel-held Aleppo as Turkish-backed fighters drive Islamic State from border
BEIRUT/HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Syrian government forces and their allies again laid siege to rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday, while Turkish-backed fighters drove Islamic State from all the areas along its border, in two significant but separat…
German anti-immigrant party beats Merkel in her home district
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats were beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a north-eastern state election on Sunday, TV exit polls showed.
Turkish-backed rebels clear IS from Turkey’s Syrian border
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish-backed rebels on Sunday cleared Islamic State from Turkey’s Syrian border, securing a 90 km (55 miles) corridor and marking a substantial gain in Ankara’s plan to drive out Sunni militants and stop the advance of Syr…
South Sudan agrees to more U.N. troops in bid to avoid arms embargo
JUBA (Reuters) – The government of South Sudan agreed on Sunday to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers in a bid to avoid an arms embargo threatened by the United Nations Security Council, but said the details of the deployment were still being discussed.
Siege of eastern Aleppo resumes as Syrian government re-takes army site
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces and their allies recaptured areas in southwestern Aleppo on Sunday that rebels had seized last month and laid siege to the city’s opposition-held eastern sector for a second time since July, rebels and monito…
Japan, China to hold summit meeting on Monday amid island row
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, the Japanese government said, the first such meeting in more than a year as Asia’s two largest countries are locked in a territo…
Zambia to prep Lungu inauguration as court missed deadline: government source
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s government will proceed with plans to inaugurate President Edgar Lungu as the Constitutional Court’s extension beyond a 14-day deadline of the opposition’s legal challenge to the vote is illegal, a government source said on …
China wary as Hong Kong election exposes underlying strains
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong voted on Sunday in its first major election since pro-democracy protests in 2014 and one of its most contentious, with a push for independence among disaffected younger candidates and voters stoking tension with China’s …
