Video from father may have compelled North Korea defector to change story
SYDNEY/SEOUL (Reuters) – A video message from his father, who he thought was dead, may have led to a prominent North Korean defector recanting parts of the dramatic story of his escape from a prison camp, the head of a U.N. inquiry on the state’s human…
U.S. drone strike kills four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan: officials
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan on Monday, four intelligence officials said, the fourth such strike this year.
U.S. drone strike kills four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan: officials
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected militants in northwest Pakistan on Monday, four intelligence officials said, the fourth such strike this year.
Thai villagers urge government to act fast over arsenic poisoning
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Villagers living near Thailand’s largest gold mine asked the Thai government on Monday to quickly prove the source of arsenic and manganese contamination that has led to a suspension in operations at the mine.
Thai villagers urge government to act fast over arsenic poisoning
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Villagers living near Thailand’s largest gold mine asked the Thai government on Monday to quickly prove the source of arsenic and manganese contamination that has led to a suspension in operations at the mine.
China hopeful of further cooperation with Sri Lanka, despite project reviews
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it hoped for continued “cooperation” with Sri Lanka despite a pledge by the new government in Colombo to review Chinese infrastructure projects awarded under the previous administration.
Thousands join anti-Charlie rally in Russia’s Chechnya
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people staged a rally on Monday in Russia’s Chechnya region against French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, which the predominantly Muslim region’s leader denounced as “vulgar an…
Fighting traps hundreds of Chinese nationals in Myanmar: Global Times
BEIJING (Reuters) – Hundreds of Chinese citizens, including miners and jade traders, are among 2,000 civilians trapped by fighting between government troops and insurgents in northern Myanmar, China’s state-backed Global Times reported on Monday.
Thai PM: I have not ordered legislators to ban Yingluck
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Monday he had not ordered his military-dominated legislature to vote against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra when her impeachment hearing concludes this week.
Yazidi girl who escaped Islamic State now searches for missing relatives
DOHUK, Iraq (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Adeba Shaker, a 14-year-old from Iraq’s minority Yazidi sect, recalled the day when she smiled again for the first time since her abduction by Islamic State militants.
