Thai opposition leader asks supporters to mobilize in Bangkok on Saturday
Thai opposition party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit called on supporters to mobilize in Bangkok on Saturday, days after the national election body called for the dissolution of his party.
UK Liberal Democrats to elect new leader after Swinson loses seat
Britain’s Liberal Democrats said they would elect a new leader next year after Jo Swinson lost her seat in parliament at Thursday’s general election.
Factbox: How the mighty fell – biggest upsets in the UK election
The British election threw up some shock results on Friday, including the ousting of the pro-European Liberal Democrat leader and the fall of a veteran Labour lawmaker known as the “Beast of Bolsover”.
UK election: Conservatives make a net gain of 47 seats
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have made a net gain of 47 seats in Britain’s national election with just two seats left to declare.
In a first, Irish nationalists overtake unionists at UK election
Northern Ireland elected more Irish nationalists to Britain’s parliament than pro-British unionists for the first time on Friday, after the largest nationalist party Sinn Fein narrowly won the final of the region’s 18 seats.
Indian president disregards protests, signs citizenship bill into law
A divisive citizenship bill has been signed into law in India, a move that comes amid widespread protests in the country’s northeast that could force the cancellation of a visit by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In an Indian village, a woman’s killing and alleged rape opens caste divides
When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the northern Indian village, her body was so charred that he thought she was a witch. He grabbed a wooden stick and tried to shoo her away….
Trump says Britain, U.S. free to strike new trade deal after Brexit
U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the latter’s election win and said that Britain and the United States will now be free to strike a ‘massive’ new trade deal after Brexit.
Why New Zealand’s volcano alerts aren’t forecasts
New Zealand’s geological agency downgraded its “alert level” for the White Island volcano this week – at the same time its own scientists said another eruption similar to Monday’s deadly blast was increasingly likely.
Six bodies retrieved from New Zealand volcanic island, two still missing
A New Zealand military team in gas masks and hazmat suits recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, as doctors worked to save badly burned survivors.
