Malaysia bars second Hong Kong democracy activist
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmaker and democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung was denied entry to Malaysia on Friday, the second time this week the country has stopped a Hong Kong democracy activist from entering.
Bomb damages sweet shop belonging to Ukraine president’s Roshen chain
KIEV (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside a sweet shop in Kiev that is owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s Roshen chain, police said on Friday.
Five more victims’ remains found at Nepal crash site of U.S. helicopter
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Authorities have found DNA evidence that five more people may have been on board a U.S. military helicopter that crashed during a humanitarian relief mission after the Nepal earthquake, a U.S. military spokesman said.
China land reclamation in South China Sea creates ‘new facts’: U.S.
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in Washington’s latest challenge of Chinese land reclamation in the South China Sea, said the scale of Beijing’s activities, not the United States, was altering the status q…
Civilians emerge as pawns in South China Sea legal chess game
HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) – On tiny specks in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, Vietnamese and Filipino children skip to school each day. Not far away, China is building lighthouses and weather stations on reclaimed land. Furthe…
Poland sees tough talks on Britain’s EU immigrant plan
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will be very firm in its talks with Prime Minister David Cameron over the situation of Polish immigrants in Britain and would reject changing EU treaties, ministers from the Eastern European country said.
Japanese island to be evacuated after volcano erupts
TOKYO (Reuters) – A volcano on the remote southern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabujima erupted suddenly on Friday, blasting plumes of black smoke high into the sky, prompting authorities to start evacuating the island and airlines to re-route flights.
Exclusive: Mexican president misrepresented personal land deal, records show
VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto misrepresented to authorities the circumstances under which he acquired one of his properties, public documents reviewed by Reuters show, a discrepancy that could add to a controve…
Al Jazeera reporter Greste fears Egyptian conviction in absentia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Al Jazeera reporter Peter Greste, deported after spending 400 days in an Egyptian jail on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, fears he will be found guilty in absentia at a retrial that resumes in Cairo next week.
UK takes hard line on EU reform as Cameron starts European tour
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain’s relationship with the European Union was “not good enough” after his foreign minister warned the bloc had to change its founding treaties and give London a meaty reform deal to keep i…
