Papua New Guinea to hold key parliament session amid leadership turmoil
Papua New Guinea’s lawmakers gathered on Tuesday for a crucial sitting of parliament, with opponents vowing to topple the government of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, who clings on despite promising to resign three days ago.
Veteran cleric and Hong Kong democrat keeps up quest for ‘historical truth’ of Tiananmen
Veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner and Baptist cleric Chu Yiu-ming was in his mid-40s when he joined demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, just before a bloody crackdown that roiled China.
Trump expects Japan’s military to reinforce United States in Asia and beyond
U.S. President Donald Trump expects that Japan’s military will reinforce U.S. forces throughout Asia and elsewhere, he said on Tuesday, as the key U.S. ally upgrades the ability of its forces to operate further from its shores.
One schoolgirl killed, 12 injured in stabbing at Japan bus stop: NHK
One young schoolgirl was killed and at least 12 others were injured in a stabbing at a bus stop just outside the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on Tuesday, national broadcaster NHK cited police as saying.
NZ opposition party slams government ‘wellbeing’ budget as all spin in leaked details
Releasing what it said were key details of Thursday’s budget, New Zealand’s main opposition party slammed the government for “all spin and no substance” in its highly-anticipated wellbeing budget.
At least 40 inmates strangled to death in Amazon prison gang clashes
At least 40 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, where a fight between rival prison gangs resulted in 15 dead the day before, authorities said.
‘Education under fire’ as attacks on Afghan schools jump, UNICEF says
Attacks on schools in Afghanistan increased almost threefold last year, making it increasingly difficult to ensure an education for children in many parts of the country, the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF said on Tuesday.
Children among 15 injured in stabbing in Japan park: NHK
Fifteen people, including eight primary school children, were injured in a suspected stabbing by a man in a park just outside Tokyo on Tuesday morning, national broadcaster NHK reported.
At least 42 inmates strangled to death in Amazon prison gang clashes
At least 42 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, where a fight between rival prison gangs resulted in 15 dead the day before, authorities said.
Peru and Colombia call for more aid to help with Venezuelan migratory crisis
Colombia and Peru on Monday called on the international community to commit more aid to help them cope with an influx of around 2 million Venezuelans who have migrated to the two countries in recent years.
