U.S. must learn from Afghan waste or squander more: watchdog
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States must learn from expensive mistakes it has made trying to rebuild Afghanistan, where it has spent more than anywhere else, and tighten up conditions for aid and oversight or risk losing much more, the head of a watchd…
Boko Haram attacks Chadian village overnight
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters attacked a Chadian village overnight, killing several people in the first known lethal attack by the Nigerian militant group in the country, residents and a security source said on Friday.
Myanmar says 47 soldiers killed in clashes with rebels near China border
YANGON (Reuters) – Forty-seven Myanmar soldiers have been killed this week in fighting with ethnic minority insurgents near the border with China, the military said in a statement issued on Friday.
Japan PM ex-adviser praises apartheid in embarrassment for Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) – A former adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has praised apartheid as a model for how Japan could expand immigration, prompting the government’s top spokesman on Friday to emphasize that Japan’s immigration policy was based on equali…
Zambia court stops chief prosecutor’s arrest over corruption claims
LUSAKA (Reuters) – A Zambian High Court judge stopped the arrest of the chief prosecutor over corruption accusations, saying the lower court which issued the warrant had no authority to hear the case.
In Russia, battle for university places deflates Crimea euphoria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexandra Kartokhina always dreamed of studying in a big city. She even went to a Russian school in her native Crimea to help her achieve her ambition of studying in St Petersburg.
Business leaders say clock is ticking for embattled Australian PM Abbott
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business leaders are fuming over government instability that has become “poisonous” for investor confidence, and doubt that conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott can reverse his leadership’s downward spiral within six mo…
China plans international tourism zone with North Korea, Russia: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is planning an international tourism zone in its northeastern border area with Russia and North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, in Pyongyang’s latest push for new investment.
Exclusive: Indonesia president says to drop police chief nominee – palace sources
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s new president has decided to drop his nominee for national police chief who is under investigation for corruption, palace officials say, in the biggest political test for the leader since taking office.
Rights group urges Thai lawmakers to drop plan for military detention of civilians
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s legislators should scrap a proposal for the military to detain civilians for up to three months with no judicial oversight, rights group Human Rights Watch said on Friday.
