Thailand, Vietnam uncooperative in Khmer Rouge probe, judge says
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A top judge at a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia on Monday criticized Thailand and Vietnam for refusing to provide evidence in the trials of Khmer Rouge leaders accused of atrocities during the 1970s “killing fields” …
Last major Soviet statues come down in Lithuanian capital
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Workers started dismantling monumental statues of soldiers, students, laborers and farmers in Lithuania’s capital early on Monday, the last major Soviet artworks in a city now on the eastern frontier of the European Union and NATO.
Malaysia blocks website critical of PM and state fund
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities have blocked access to a website critical of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government, saying the British-based news portal had violated a local internet law in a move condemned by opposition lawmakers.
Four Italians kidnapped in Libya – Italy foreign ministry
ROME (Reuters) – Four Italian citizens have been kidnapped Libya, the Italian foreign ministry said on Monday.
Myanmar military chief defends political role, report
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s commander-in-chief reiterated the need for the military to continue its powerful role in politics and said he would consider standing for president in November elections if asked to do so, according to an interview broadcas…
Greek banks ready to open Monday as Merkel urges swift bailout talks
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek banks are ready to open their branches across the country on Monday after a three-week shutdown, officials said, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for swift aid talks so Athens could also lift withdrawal limits.
Australia sights first asylum vessel in two years off west coast: media
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia’s remote west coast on Monday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, the first sighting of a boat carrying would-be refugees close to shore in t…
Eleven killed in ambush in northern Mexico – media reports
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eleven men were killed and five others wounded in an ambush in a rural part of northern Mexico on Saturday evening, local media reported on Sunday.
China’s Xi tells army to learn from uncorrupt past
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military must learn from the glorious, uncorrupt example of its revolutionary forebears and thoroughly banish the deep-rooted, pernicious influence of the army’s worst corruption scandal in decades, President Xi Jinping has …
China’s Xi tells army to learn from uncorrupt past
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military must learn from the glorious, uncorrupt example of its revolutionary forebears and thoroughly banish the deep-rooted, pernicious influence of the army’s worst corruption scandal in decades, President Xi Jinping has …
