Thai police say closer to cracking Bangkok bomb case
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Police claimed significant progress on Wednesday towards finding the mastermind of Thailand’s deadliest attack after an arrested man admitted being near the Aug. 17 shrine blast and fingerprints tied him to the room of a suspected b…
North Korea tells South not to crow about deal that ended standoff
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday accused South Korea of claiming victory for an accord that ended an armed standoff, saying that was “cowardly” and urging the South to be “discreet in words and deeds”.
Congo militia leader pleads ‘Not guilty’ as ICC trial opens
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda pleaded “Not guilty” on Wednesday to crimes including the rape of child soldiers in a campaign of pillage and murder in northeast Congo’s Ituri province in the early 2000s.
Three Pakistani police killed in raid targeting Taliban
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militants killed three police officers and wounded several more on Wednesday in a botched police operation on a Pakistani Taliban hideout in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police and residents said.
Malaysia police to question ex-PM Mahathir on anti-government comment
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police want to question former premier Mahathir Mohamad about anti-government comments, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a bid to stifle the veteran leader’s campaign to bring down the prime min…
Australia alarmed by strategic rivalry in South China Sea
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Australia expressed alarm on Wednesday at escalating strategic rivalry in the South China Sea, saying it puts Asia at the risk of a military blunder with potentially serious consequences.
Eleven migrants drown heading from Turkey to Greek island: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – At least 11 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned as two boats sank after leaving southwest Turkey for the Greek island of Kos, Turkey’s Dogan news agency reported on Wednesday.
Migrant chaos at Budapest train station; Germany says EU rules still hold
BUDAPEST/BERLIN (Reuters) – Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as the biggest ever influx of migrants into the European Union left its asylum…
To stem migrant flow, Tanzania offers climate-stressed farmers loans
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At a busy intersection in Tanzania’s largest commercial city, farmer-turned-hawker Pascal Kipeta runs a wooden stall offering a wide range of Chinese products to motorists, while keeping an eye open for city…
Four months after quakes, Nepal fails to spend any of $4.1 billion donor money
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Two months after foreign countries and international agencies pledged $4.1 billion to help Nepal recover from its worst natural disaster, the government has yet to make arrangements to receive the money and has spent nothing on re…
