German police give all-clear over packages at Merkel’s office
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police gave the all-clear after investigating five items delivered to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in central Berlin on Wednesday.
Philippine ‘comfort women’ fear China sea dispute blocks justice from Japan
MANILA (Reuters) – A group of Philippine “comfort women”, forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two, accused their government on Wednesday of not doing enough to help them secure an apology and compensation from Japan.
Indonesia turns to China as ethnic Uighurs join would-be jihadis
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities are working with their counterparts in China to stem a flow of ethnic Uighur militants seeking to join Islamist jihadists in the world’s most populous Muslim country, Indonesia’s counter-terrorism chief said.
Bangladesh court upholds death sentence for Islamist leader
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist party leader on Wednesday for atrocities committed during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan more than four decades ago, a government lawyer said.
Germany registered 1.09 million asylum seekers in 2015
BERLIN (Reuters) – Some 1.09 million asylum seekers were registered in Germany in 2015, sources in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government told Reuters on Wednesday, confirming German media reports.
Danish PM’s Liberal Party loses support in poll
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Support for Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s ruling Liberal Party has fallen to 16.6 percent from 19.5 percent at the June election, Borsen newspaper reported on Wednesday.
In a first, Chinese gay man sues for right to marry
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court has accepted China’s first same-sex marriage case, lodged by a gay man against a civil affairs bureau for denying him the right to marry, in a decision hailed as a step forward for gay rights.
Malaysia Airlines resumes checked baggage on Europe routes
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines resumed normal check-in baggage allowances on all its flights on Wednesday after banning it temporarily due to strong head winds on the longer routes it was taking for safety reasons.
Indonesia prepares rural flood defenses to protect crops
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is bolstering its rural flood defenses to help farmers protect crops from monsoon waters and the La Nina weather pattern, its agriculture minister said on Wednesday.
China to allow mainlanders to make transit stops in Taiwan
(Reuters) – China’s move to allow transit stops in Taiwan for onward flights for the first time is a sign Beijing is trying to interfere with Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections, the opposition party favored to win the polls said on Wednesday.
