China says Manila exaggerating tensions with aircraft claim
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the Philippines on Tuesday of deliberately trying to scare people by saying China had warned a small civilian plane carrying Philippine officials it was trespassing as they inspected an island in the disputed South Chi…
Pro-China lawmaker says Beijing must answer on missing Hong Kong booksellers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of Hong Kong’s staunchest pro-Beijing lawmakers said a bookseller’s tearful confession on state television to a hit-and-run accident more than a decade ago in China is unlikely to appease public concerns that he may have been …
Tokyo court reverses ruling on deportee’s death, says govt not responsible
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Tokyo High Court has reversed a landmark ruling by a lower court that judged immigration authorities had used excessive force when deporting a Ghanaian visa-overstayer in 2010, leading to his death, a lawyer for the deceased’s fam…
Auschwitz paramedic set to stand trial in Germany in February
BERLIN (Reuters) – A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will go on trial in Germany next month on charges of being an accessory to the murder of at least 3,681 people, a German court announced on Monday.
Three killed in Burundi grenade attack
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Three people were killed in a grenade attack on a bar in the Burundian capital Bujumbura late on Monday, police said, as the impoverished nation faces the prospect of a return to civil war.
Myanmar’s powerful army picks lawmakers as transition moves forward
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing nominated military officers, who hold a quarter of seats in parliament, to their posts, state media said on Tuesday, another step by the army in what has so far surprised many as a remarkably peacef…
China to prosecute two former senior officials for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities will prosecute two former senior officials, including a one-time vice mayor of Shanghai, for corruption, after probes found they abused their power and took bribes, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdo…
Protesters vow to derail Haiti presidential vote; election offices burned
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Stone-throwing protesters took to the streets of Haiti’s capital on Monday to demand the suspension of a Jan. 24 presidential election over alleged irregularities, while in provincial areas unknown attackers burned several el…
U.S. ‘stuck to its guns’ on Iran prisoner swap: freed detainee’s brother
(Reuters) – Iranian authorities “continued to manipulate” Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian until the moment he was released with four other Americans in a prisoner swap over the weekend, his brother said on Monday.
Iran boosts oil output, foreign firms keen to seal deals
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran ordered a sharp increase in oil output on Monday to take immediate advantage of the lifting of international sanctions, and some foreign firms raced to snap up deals as Tehran emerges from years of international isolation.
