Duterte names and shames top Filipino cops for helping drug gangs
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte publicly accused five police generals of involvement in the drugs trade on Tuesday and said only he would be accountable for a bloody crackdown that has killed 30 people since he took office las…
Turkey jails 17 over Istanbul attack, blames ex-Soviet members of IS
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey jailed 17 suspects on Tuesday, mostly foreigners, over last week’s suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main airport, which President Tayyip Erdogan described as the work of Islamic State militants from the ex-Soviet Union.
Floods in China kill almost 130, wipe out crops
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion), stat…
Thailand to free seven activists on bail as referendum looms
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai military court ordered the release on bail on Tuesday of seven activists detained for campaigning against a military-backed draft constitution to be put to a referendum next month.
French unions rally last-gasp protest as labor reform takes final steps
PARIS (Reuters) – French labor unions mounted a last-gasp street protest on Tuesday as a controversial change of labor law aimed at making hiring and firing easier began its final passage through Parliament.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft loops into orbit around Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – NASA’s Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter late Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit, setting the stage for a 20-month dance around the biggest planet in the solar system to l…
Russia’s Baltic outpost digs in for standoff with NATO
KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – On the kerbside outside the civilian airport in Kaliningrad, Russia’s Baltic Sea outpost, a group of about 20 servicemen in Russian navy uniforms lined up earlier this month, waiting for a bus to take them to their base….
Suicide bomber attacks Indonesian police station, wounding one
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a police station in the small Indonesian city of Solo on Tuesday, killing himself and wounding a police officer, a police spokesman said.
Conservatives begin selecting next prime minister to handle Britain’s EU exit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ruling Conservative Party begins selecting a new leader to replace David Cameron as prime minister on Tuesday with interior minister Theresa May and junior minister Andrea Leadsom the leading candidates to get the top job.
Australian PM Turnbull defies critics, cliffhanger vote count resumes
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull defended his performance after widespread calls for his resignation and said on Tuesday he was confident of retaining office after vote counting resumed in a cliffhanger election.
