Cars burned north of Paris in third night of tension over death in police hands
PARIS (Reuters) – Protesters angered by the death of a man in police hands earlier this week burned cars and garbage bins in an area north of Paris overnight, but tension seemed to be easing despite a third night of unrest, a local official said on Fri…
Philippine woman will not be in Indonesia’s next round of executions
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A woman from the Philippines convicted in Indonesia for drug smuggling and sentenced to death will not be among the first round of executions carried out when capital punishment is resumed after a lull, the attorney general said on …
Philippines’ oil still in troubled waters after South China Sea ruling
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines, eager to resume development of vital oil and gas reserves off its coast, will likely need to reach an accord with a Chinese government infuriated by last week’s ruling that granted Manila a big victory in the South C…
Papua New Guinea PM survives no-confidence vote but strikes remain
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill survived a no-confidence vote on Friday, EMTV reported, an outcome unlikely to end upheaval in a country developing lucrative projects with energy majors ExxonMobil Corp and French giant …
White House calls for Malaysian transparency in wake of fund scandal
WASHINGTON/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The White House urged Malaysia on Thursday to demonstrate good governance and a transparent business climate, a day after U.S. prosecutors sued to try and seize $1 billion in assets they said were bought with money s…
Trump NATO plan would be sharp break with decades-long U.S. policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican foreign policy veterans and outside experts warned that the suggestion by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump that he might abandon NATO’s pledge to automatically defend all alliance members could destroy an o…
Former Portugal Prime Minister Guterres front runner to be next U.N. chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is the front runner to be the next United Nations secretary-general, followed by former Slovenian President Danilo Turk, after the first U.N. Security Council secret ballot on…
Chinese anti-graft protest leader arrested for taking bribes: Xinhua
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A former leader of a Chinese village who was democratically elected five years ago after taking a stand against corruption has been arrested for taking bribes, said Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
Erdogan says Turkey’s military to be restructured after abortive coup
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant intelligence failures ahead of last week’s attempted military coup and that the armed forces would quickly be restructured and have “fresh blood”.
Iraq’s domestic security must catch up to military gains, defense minister says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Less than 10 percent of Iraqi territory remains in the hands of Islamic State, but battlefield advances have not been matched by better security inside Iraq, the country’s defense minister said on Thursday.
