Korean wartime sex slave calls on Japan PM to apologize on U.S. trip
TOKYO (Reuters) – An 88-year-old South Korean woman forced to become a sex slave in Japanese military brothels during World War Two on Friday called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize and restore her “honor” when he visits Washington ne…
PM Abe to tell U.S. leaders Japan is ready for bigger security role
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will send a clear message to the United States when he visits Washington next week: Japan is ready to take more responsibility for security on the world stage.
German lawmakers call massacre of Armenians ‘genocide’, defying Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German parliament overwhelmingly approved on Friday a resolution branding the mass killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a century ago as “genocide”, risking a diplomatic rupture with Ankara.
Belgian archbishop ordered to pay church abuse victim
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s senior Roman Catholic cleric, Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, has been ordered to pay 10,000 euros ($10,900) in damages for failing to act on allegations of sexual abuse in the 1990s.
China court grants death sentence reprieve to abuse victim
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court granted a woman who killed her husband after years of abuse a two-year death sentence reprieve, state media said on Friday, a move cautiously welcomed by human rights activists.
Fired up by king, Zulu nationalism confronts modern South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A crowd of stick-wielding supporters at a soccer stadium roared their approval as South Africa’s Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini, insisted he was not behind a wave of violence against migrant workers he had compared a month befo…
Tokyo finds high levels of radiation in children’s park
TOKYO (Reuters) – Authorities in the Japanese capital have cordoned off a playground where high levels of radiation were detected this week, reviving concerns about nuclear contamination four years after the Fukushima disaster.
Pakistan’s MQM wins by-election, dismisses talk of troubles
KARACHI (Reuters) – The Pakistani party that has long dominated politics in the commercial hub of Karachi won a seat in a closely watched by-election, poll officials said on Friday, and dismissed talk its fortunes are flagging.
No big changes planned for junta-ruled Thailand’s draft constitution
BANGKOK (Reuters) – No major changes are planned to Thailand’s draft constitution, a spokesman for the committee pulling it together said on Friday, despite criticism from politicians that it is undemocratic as the one-year anniversary of a military co…
Mexico’s Congress approves reform allowing foreign agents to bear arms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Congress approved a legal reform on Thursday that will allow foreign immigration and customs agents to bear arms while in the country, an issue that has been a source of tension with the United States.
