Suu Kyi meets Myanmar’s military chief again as transition talks drag on
YANGON (Reuters) – Aung San Suu Kyi met again with Myanmar’s powerful commander-in-chief on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by his office, as talks over a protracted political transition drag on and amid reports that the military chief has secu…
Swiss to vote on law aimed at expelling convicted foreigners without appeal
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland will hold a binding referendum later this month on whether to subject any foreign resident to automatic deportation if convicted of offenses running the gamut from murder to breaking the speed limit.
Cambodia to welcome Chinese warships as Japan navy heads home
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – China will hold its first-ever exercise with Cambodia’s navy next week, in swift succession to a visit by the military vessels of Beijing’s old enemy Japan, the latest sign of China’s growing presence in a region where maritime t…
Italy police raid mafia cocaine lab near Naples
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police on Wednesday raided a cocaine refining laboratory in a town on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano south of Naples, arresting five people including two known members of the local mafia, a statement said.
Russia calls Turkey strikes on Syria ‘absolute lawlessness’: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday Turkish artillery strikes on northern Syria are “absolute lawlessness”, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported.
Russia will send first S-300 missile system to Iran on Thursday: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will send the first S-300 air defense missile system to Iran on Thursday, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday quoting an unidentified source.
Polio worker shot as Pakistan holds countrywide vaccination drive
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen shot and wounded a Pakistani polio worker in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks against eradication teams in a country that accounts for more than 70 percent of the world’s cas…
Ukraine junior ally quits coalition
KIEV (Reuters) – A junior ally in Ukraine’s ruling coalition quit on Wednesday, calling the alliance a “facade” and demanding an overhaul of the way the country was run.
Weather-weary Indian farmers resort to new cash crop: blood
JHANSI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Karna, a farmer from Badgaon village in northern India, has few options but to sell his blood for money, after persistent drought left him unable to live off his land.
Kenya to tackle radicalisation with new prison for ‘extremists’
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya, which has suffered attacks by Somalia’s al Shabaab militants, will build a special prison to house “violent and extremist” offenders to keep them from influencing other prisoners, President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
