U.S. says Thai military rule likely to last longer than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Military rule in Thailand is likely to last longer than expected and has been more repressive than after the country’s last coup in 2006, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
China calls U.S. bid to name street for Nobel peace laureate a ‘farce’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday dismissed as a “farce” and a “smear” a vote by a United States panel of lawmakers to rename a Washington road in front of its embassy after imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.
South Korean ferry survivors return to school, vow not to forget
ANSAN South Korea (Reuters) – Holding hands as they walked through the school gates, some fighting back tears, 75 children who survived South Korea’s worst maritime disaster in 20 years, returned to class on Wednesday vowing to remember their lost frie…
Palestinian prisoners end mass hunger-strike after deal with Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Scores of Palestinians on hunger-strike ended their protest against detention without trial on Wednesday after winning concessions but no major change of policy from Israel.
China sacks vice-head of parliament advisory body after probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – A vice-chairman of China’s top parliamentary advisory body has been sacked, becoming the latest senior official to fall from grace, after the ruling Communist Party said he was being investigated for graft, state media said on Wedne…
China sacks vice-head of parliament advisory body after probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – A vice-chairman of China’s top parliamentary advisory body has been sacked, becoming the latest senior official to fall from grace, after the ruling Communist Party said he was being investigated for graft, state media said on Wedne…
North Korea slams U.S. movie on leader assassination plot
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday denounced a forthcoming American comedy film featuring a plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong Un as an act of terrorism and threatened to unleash a “merciless counter-measure” if Washington failed to ban th…
U.S. Ambassador Baucus says China hacking threatens national security
BEIJING (Reuters) – Cyber theft of trade secrets by China is a threat to U.S. national security, U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus said on Wednesday in the first major public address of his tenure, warning that Washington would continue to pressure B…
Bahrain opposition leader cleared of terrorism charges: lawyer
MANAMA (Reuters) – A senior member of Bahrain’s Shi’ite opposition was cleared of terrorism charges on Wednesday, one of his defense lawyers said, a move that could help troubled talks with the government to end months of sporadic unrest.
Merkel says Iraq government must be pressured to embrace all groups
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a speech in parliament on Wednesday that the government in Iraq had failed over a period of years to incorporate the views of all groups in the country and must now be pressured to do so.
