Burundi president to apply on Friday to vote board to seek third term
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s president will submit on Friday an application to the national electoral commission to seek a third term, the ruling party said, a move likely to stoke more anger among those protesting against his bid for another five y…
Energy, transport deals on the agenda as China’s Xi visits Russia
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Energy, transport and finance deals are likely to be on the agenda as Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a three-day visit to Russia, where he will attend World War Two commemor…
Taiwan presidential hopeful, opposition leader to visit U.S.
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The leader of Taiwan’s main pro-independence opposition party will begin a 12-day visit to the United States this month, a trip seen as important to her bid for Taiwan’s presidency and in reinforcing ties with the island’s strongest …
Images show Vietnam reclaiming land in South China Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Newly released satellite images show Vietnam has carried out significant land reclamation at two sites in the disputed South China Sea, though the scale and pace of the work is dwarfed by that of China, a U.S. research institute …
Rome airport reopens terminal after fire
ROME (Reuters) – Rome’s Fiumicino airport reopened its main international terminal on Friday after a fire the previous day damaged the building and forced airlines to cancel dozens of flights.
Thailand wants meeting with Myanmar, Malaysia over human trafficking crisis
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday called for a three-way meeting with neighbors Malaysia and Myanmar to try to resolve a regional human trafficking crisis following the discovery of a mass grave in the country’s far so…
British banker set to enter not guilty plea for Hong Kong double murder
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A British banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong six months ago appeared before a judge in a pre-trial hearing on Friday and indicated he would enter a plea of not guilty.
Mexico nabs cop allegedly involved in disappearance of students
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police arrested one of the senior police officers accused of involvement in the disappearance of a group of 43 student teachers last year, the country’s interior ministry said on Thursday.
Omar Khadr, once a Guantanamo inmate, freed on bail in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) – Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was once the youngest prisoner held on terror charges at Guantanamo Bay, was released on bail from an Alberta prison Thursday while he appeals a murder conviction by a U.S. military tribunal.
Special Report: Survivors battle for helicopters near Nepal village that vanished
DHUNCHE, Nepal (Reuters) – It was three foreign trekkers who used their satellite telephone to call the rescue helicopter that landed in Nepal’s Langtang Valley around midday on Tuesday, April 28. Three days earlier, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake had trig…
