Bangladesh refugee dies of heart failure on protest-hit Nauru
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi refugee died of heart failure on Nauru on Wednesday, Australian officials said, the second death in as many weeks on the tiny South Pacific island where detainees have been hurting themselves in protests.
After 30 years in Thailand, a glimmer of hope for refugees from Myanmar
MAE SOT, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ta Mla Saw was about seven when she and her family fled from Myanmar troops attacking her village in the country’s ethnic Karen region, and crossed the river into Thailand to the safety of refugee camps …
Thailand faces ‘moment of shame’ at U.N. rights council review
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand faces a “moment of shame” when the U.N. Human Rights Council reviews its rights record on Wednesday, a rights group said, amid fresh arrests of online critics accused of criticizing the junta.
Ahead of inauguration, China says Taiwan to blame for any crisis
BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new government will be to blame for any crisis with China that erupts once it assumes office, Beijing said on Wednesday, heaping on the pressure ahead of the inauguration of a new president from a pro-independence party.
Australia holds five suspected of plotting sailing trip to join Islamic State
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the far north to Indonesia and the Philippines en route to joining Islamic State in Syria, officials said on Wednesday.
India’s bid to bring home tycoon Mallya rebuffed; to keep trying
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has failed in its initial attempt to secure the return of debt-strapped tycoon Vijay Mallya from Britain but New Delhi said on Wednesday it would continue to seek his repatriation to face his creditors.
Brazil’s Rousseff makes final survival bid as Senate poised to oust her
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took her battle to survive impeachment to the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office a day before the Senate will likely vote to put her on trial for breakin…
Countries backing Syria talks to meet in Vienna on May 17: Kerry
LONDON (Reuters) – The 17-nation group backing Syria peace talks will meet next week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, a day after he and his Russian counterpart agreed to work to revive a “cessation of hostilities” agreement reached in F…
Obama to visit Hiroshima, will not apologize for World War Two bombing
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Hiroshima in Japan later this month, but he will not apologize for the United States’ dropping of an atomic bomb on the city at the end of World War Two, the White …
China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defense installations i…
