Hong Kong democracy activist ‘Long Hair’ charged as elections loom
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung has been charged with failing to declare a donation of HK$250,000 ($32,000) from a media tycoon and outspoken critic of China, the Chinese-ruled city’s corruption watchd…
Solar plane lands in Spain after three-day Atlantic crossing
SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) – An airplane powered solely by the sun landed safely in Seville in Spain early on Thursday after an almost three-day flight across the Atlantic from New York in one of the longest legs of the first ever fuel-less flight around…
New Zealand man jailed for spreading images of IS violence: media
(Reuters) – A New Zealand man was jailed on Thursday for spreading images of Islamic State (IS) violence, the first person sentenced to prison for circulating and possessing objectionable material linked to extreme violence, local media reported.
Chief of Malaysia’s anti-graft panel to step down
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The head of Malaysia’s anti-graft body will step down on August 1, the agency said on Thursday, more than two years before the scheduled end of a term that included an investigation of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Coalition air strikes, Turkish army kill eight Islamic State militants: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – Artillery fire from Turkey and air strikes by U.S.-led coalition warplanes killed at least eight Islamic State fighters in northern Syria, military sources said on Thursday.
Gunmen kidnap seven, including Australians, in Nigeria
CALABAR, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen in southern Nigeria have killed a local driver and kidnapped as many as seven people, at least three of whom are Australian citizens and one an Australian resident, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on …
Ex-U.N. General Assembly president in U.S. bribery case dies: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – John Ashe, a former United Nations General Assembly president accused by U.S. prosecutors of taking $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen, has died at age 61, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Indonesian president sails to South China Sea islands in message to Beijing
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president visited the Natuna Islands aboard a warship on Thursday, making a bold move to assert sovereignty over the area in the southern reaches of the South China Sea after Beijing stated its “over-lapping claim” on ne…
Wanted man killed after Saudi raid on Shi’ite village: state media
DUBAI (Reuters) – A wanted man has been killed in Saudi Arabia’s oil-producing Eastern province after an exchange of gunfire while police were searching his home, state news agency SPA reported on Thursday.
U.S. transfers Guantanamo detainee to Montenegro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Yemeni man who had been held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo for 14 years has been transferred to Montenegro, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama pushes to close the facility before leaving offic…
