Former China leader not implicated in aide’s investigation, official says
BEIJING (Reuters) – Retired Chinese President Hu Jintao is not being implicated in a corruption probe into a former top aide, a senior government spokesman said on Friday, adding that the official was being investigated more over financial issues than …
Tajik opposition leader shot dead in Istanbul: Turkish media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tajik opposition leader Umarali Kuvvatov has been shot dead by an unknown assailant on an Istanbul street, Turkey’s private Dogan news agency said on Friday.
Japan eyes MI6-style spy agency as it seeks to shed pacifist past
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is looking into creating an overseas intelligence agency possibly modeled on Britain’s MI6 spy service, ruling party lawmakers say, 70 years after Allied victors dismantled Japan’s fearsome military intelligence apparatus follow…
China’s No. 3 leader warns HK activists against ‘crossing a line’
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s third-ranked leader warned advocates of Hong Kong independence on Friday that they were “crossing a line”, local media reported.
Philippine offensive against Muslim rebels displaces thousands
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine army offensive against a Muslim rebel faction has forced 70,000 people from their homes, a district governor said on Friday as he appealed for an end to the fighting, saying he was running out of money to feed the displa…
Bangladesh seizes $1.4 million in gold from North Korean diplomat
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s customs officers caught a North Korean diplomat trying to smuggle an estimated $1.4 million worth of gold into the country, a senior official said on Friday.
‘Made in China’ nuclear reactors a tough sell in global market
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – As China signs global deals to export its nuclear power technology, it faces a huge obstacle: it still needs to show it can build and safely operate these reactors at home.
Australia complains over Indonesia’s treatment of death row prisoners
SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Australia has complained about the treatment of two drug smugglers, who face execution in Indonesia, and wants to lodge a formal protest after a smiling Indonesian police chief was photographed posing with the men, officials …
Knife attack wounds nine at Chinese train station
BEIJING (Reuters) – Knife-wielding attackers slashed and stabbed people at a railway station in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, wounding at least nine before police shot dead one of the suspected assailants and arrested another.
UK lawmakers say China eroding freedoms in Hong Kong
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers banned from entering Hong Kong last year said Chinese regulations were eroding freedoms in the former British colony and urged their government to take a harder stance against Beijing.
