Pakistan seeks FBI help to investigate firm accused of faking diplomas
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has asked U.S. authorities to help it investigate Axact, a software firm accused of earning millions of dollars from the international sale of bogus university degrees online, officials said on Wednesday.
Malaysia detains 12 police in people-smuggling camps probe
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Twelve Malaysian police officials have been held on suspicion of links to people-smuggling camps where authorities have uncovered nearly 140 graves believed to hold the bodies of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, a governme…
Germany lobbies India to buy Eurofighters, submarines
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Germany’s defense minister held out the prospect of more talks on a possible sale of Eurofighter jets to India and, on a visit to New Delhi, said Berlin stood ready to back a multi-billion-dollar Indian submarine project.
Niger says arrested more than 600 people for Boko Haram links since February
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has detained and charged 643 people since February for their links to the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, Security Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou told parliament.
China investigates former top healthcare official for bribery
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is investigating the former head of a healthcare ministry unit responsible for drug trials and leading implementation of healthcare policy for bribery, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Breather for Greenpeace in battle with Indian government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Wednesday allowed Greenpeace to gather domestic donations in two accounts frozen by the government, extending a lifeline to the environmental group that says it is facing the first forced shutdown of one of its …
Japan, Philippines to deepen ties as China asserts sea claims
TOKYO/MANILA (Reuters) – Japan and the Philippines are set to bolster security ties when President Benigno Aquino visits Tokyo next week, the latest move by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to beef up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations facing China’s gr…
Britain to host state visit of Chinese President Xi in October
LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Britain for a state visit in October, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president.
Indonesia anti-graft agency braces for challenges after court ruling
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s main anti-graft agency is bracing for a flood of legal challenges from corruption convicts and suspects after a court verdict threw into question the legitimacy of its investigations, a senior official said on Wednesday….
Philippine, Vietnamese troops play soccer and sing on disputed island
MANILA (Reuters) – Vietnamese and Philippine troops played soccer and sang karaoke on a South China Sea island on Wednesday in a sign of the growing security ties between the two Southeast Asian nations most at odds with Beijing over the contested wate…
