North Korea leader Kim, U.S. President Trump meet for second summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump met in Hanoi on Wednesday for their second summit, eight months after they pledged to work towards the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and improve ties.
Thousands rally in Myanmar’s biggest city to change army-drafted constitution
Thousands of people rallied in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Wednesday in support of constitutional reform, amid mounting tension between the ruling party and the military over changes to the charter that enshrines the army’s role in politics.
Nepal tourism minister among seven killed in helicopter crash: official
A helicopter crashed in bad weather in eastern Nepal on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, including the tourism minister, a home ministry official said.
Trump pitches U.S. arms exports in meeting with Vietnam
U.S. President Donald Trump used a meeting with Vietnamese officials on Wednesday to pitch arms exports from the United States, ahead of a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Myanmar court hands Frenchman one month in prison for flying drone over parliament
A Myanmar court has sentenced a French national to one month in prison for violating an import-export law by bringing a drone into the country and flying it above the parliament, France’s embassy said on Wednesday.
One witness, conflicting evidence: How Venezuelan justice targets the opposition
Local opposition leader Jose Rengel has spent almost five weeks in a cramped detention cell on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital Caracas, after a single witness accused him of leading a riot that burned down a public building.
Vietnamese activists say police restrict movements during Trump-Kim summit
More than a dozen prominent Vietnamese political activists say police have stepped up surveillance and prevented them from leaving their homes in Hanoi as the Vietnamese capital hosts a summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea.
Dozens killed and injured in crash and fire at Cairo train station
At least 25 people were killed and 50 injured when a locomotive smashed through the buffer stop at Cairo’s main train station on Wednesday, causing an explosion and a fire, state television and witnesses said.
Pakistan PM urges talks with India to end crisis, avoid miscalculation
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday called for talks with India and hoped “better sense” would prevail to de-escalate the dispute with its nuclear-armed neighbor following air strikes by both sides.
Convicted Cardinal – Pell’s name scraped from his Australian hometown
On the day Cardinal George Pell, one of the highest ranking Vatican officials, was publicly revealed as a convicted child sex offender, his old high school in an Australian goldfields town physically scraped his name from one of its buildings.
