Suspect in Thai royal defamation case dies in jail
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A policeman who was under investigation as part of a high profile royal insult probe has died in custody after he hanged himself in his cell, Thailand’s justice minister on Sunday.
Israel says citizen, likely Arab, used paraglider to enter Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday that one of its citizens, probably a member of the country’s Muslim Arab minority, had illegally flown to rebellion-wracked Syria by using a paraglider to cross the Golan Heights frontier.
Taiwan president says should remember good things Japan did
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Sunday it was important to remember the good things Japan did for the island while not forgetting the bad, as he marked 70 years since Japan gave up control of Taiwan at the end of World War Two….
South Korea fires warning shots at North patrol boat near border
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals’ disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said on Sunday.
Hurricane Patricia spares Mexican cities, roars through remote villages
CHAMELA, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday, but hammered an isolated part of the shoreline dotted with luxury villas and fishing villages, where the storm and its 165 mph (266 kph…
Russia says wants Syria elections, ready to help Free Syrian Army
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin wanted Syria to prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections, as Moscow intensified its drive to convert its increased clout with Damascus into a political settlement.
Identifying victims of French bus crash to take weeks
PUISSEGUIN, France (Reuters) – French investigators at the scene of a crash involving a truck and a coach carrying elderly day-trippers that killed at least 43 people said on Saturday that identifying the victims of France’s worst road accident in deca…
Montenegrin police fire teargas to disperse opposition
PODGORICA (Reuters) – Police in Montenegro on Saturday fired teargas for the second successive weekend to break up around 5,000 protesters who marched on the parliament demanding the resignation of veteran Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and snap electi…
Hurricane Patricia spares Mexican cities, roars through remote villages
CHAMELA, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday, but hammered an isolated part of the shoreline dotted with luxury villas and fishing villages, where the storm and its 165 mph (266 kph…
Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife
AMMAN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews.
