Floods, landslides kill 75, displace thousands in eastern India
KOLKATA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 75 people have died and tens of thousands have had to take refuge in state-run relief camps after heavy rains caused floods and landslides in eastern India, government officials and aid groups said on Mon…
India orders clampdown on Internet porn, sparks censorship debate
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has blocked hundreds of adult websites to prevent pornography becoming a social nuisance, a government official said on Monday, sparking a debate about censorship and freedom in the world’s largest democracy.
Ten Malian soldiers killed in attack on northern base
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen killed 10 Malian soldiers at the Gourma Rharous base in northern Mali on Monday, an army official said.
China wants no talk of South China Sea at upcoming ASEAN meeting
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said on Monday the disputed South China Sea should not be discussed at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Taiwan school textbook row highlights antipathy to ‘one China’
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Protests in Taiwan over textbook revisions which students say aim to brainwash them into accepting a “one China” view of history underscore the island’s growing sense of independence from its vast neighbor and geopolitical foe.
China seeks hearts and minds with Tibetan resettlements
NGABA, China (Reuters) – Nineteen-year-old Longsel Tsondre sees nothing romantic about the itinerant life his Tibetan herder family left behind when the government in his remote corner of southwestern China offered to resettle them a few years ago.
Thai election could be delayed to 2017 if charter rejected: minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A general election in Thailand could be delayed until April 2017 if a newly drafted constitution is rejected by a national reform assembly due to convene next month, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.
North Korea shows captive Canadian pastor confessing before congregation
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea released video footage on Monday of a Canadian pastor confessing before a Pyongyang church congregation that he had committed crimes against the state.
Israel approves jailing Jewish militants without trial to resolve lethal arson
(This August 2 story was corrected to change number of Palestinians held in detention without trial in paragraph 10 to 391 as of May not 5,442 as of June)
Rescuers in Myanmar struggle to reach flood-hit areas, toll seen rising
YANGON (Reuters) – A death toll of 27 from flooding across Myanmar was expected to rise as rescue workers struggled on Monday to reach some of the hardest-hit and most remote inundated areas, officials said.
