Malaysia says Myanmar violence against Muslim Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia described the violence against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “ethnic cleansing” on Saturday, ahead of a planned solidarity march in Kuala Lumpur expected to be led by Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Hong Kong officials widen legal attack on fledgling independence movement
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Leaders of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong widened their legal fight against the city’s fledgling independence movement on Friday, targeting four more lawmakers over oaths taken at a Legislative Council swearing-in ceremony in October.
China expresses concern as Yemen’s Houthis form government
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry has expressed concern after Yemen’s armed Houthi movement and its political allies formed a new government, in what appeared a blow to U.N.-backed efforts to end 20 months of war in the country.
‘Unprecedented’ numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan: U.N.
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages – the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time – and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs out next year, the …
Victims of Colombia crash take final flights home to Brazil
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) – Dozens of coffins carrying those killed when a plane flying Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team crashed into a Colombian mountain were loaded onto Brazilian air force planes for their final journey home on Friday.
Americas’ top rights commission urges Argentina to free activist
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Inter-American Commision on Human Rights on Friday called on Argentina to release social activist Milagro Sala, who has been jailed since the beginning of the year in the northwestern province of Jujuy.
Renzi makes final appeal to Italians ahead of referendum
ROME (Reuters) – With his career on the line, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made a final appeal to Italians on Friday to support a crucial referendum to change the constitution, saying Italy could become Europe’s strongest nation if it wins.
Gambians celebrate after voting out ‘billion year’ leader
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for “a billion years”, said he had accepted his shock election defeat on Friday, 22 years after seizing power in a coup.
Saudi Arabia appoints new labor minister, reshuffles religious and Shura councils
RIYADH (Reuters) – King Salman bin Abdulaziz has replaced Saudi Arabia’s labor minister, state media reported on Friday, after recent statistics showed a rise in unemployment in the world’s top oil exporter.
Russia not serious in talks with Syrian rebels: opposition official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior Syrian opposition official accused Russia on Friday of procrastinating in talks with rebels over Aleppo, signaling no progress in diplomacy which rebels hoped would ease dire conditions in the city where they are in danger o…
