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.
Insurgent bomb and gun attacks kill three in southern Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Insurgents in mostly-Muslim areas of southern Thailand killed three people in a spate of bomb and gun attacks overnight targeting military personnel and commercial property, the military said on Thursday.
U.S. naval base in Japan briefly in lockdown amid reports of gunshots
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. naval base in western Japan was briefly locked down on Thursday after reports of gunshots, but operations were soon back to normal with no evidence of an active shooter and no casualties, the navy said in an official tweet.
Indonesians scour waters for dozens missing after speed boat crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A 280-strong search-and-rescue team scoured the waters off an Indonesian island for dozens missing on Thursday, a day after a speedboat carrying mostly migrant workers struck a reef and sank, the national disaster mitigation agency …
