Westminster Tube station closed after car crashes outside parliament
Westminster Underground station was closed on Tuesday morning after a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building nearby, police said.
South Korea marks first ‘comfort women’ day, joined by protestors in Taiwan
People in South Korea and Taiwan unveiled monuments and staged protests on Tuesday to mark Japan’s wartime use of “comfort women”, a euphemism for girls and women forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels.
China condemns press group for HK independence activist speech
The Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry condemned Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Tuesday for allowing a speech by a Hong Kong independence activist, saying the reporters’ group was not outside the law.
Cambodia launches crackdown on Chinese prostitution rings
Up to 50 Chinese nationals have been detained in Cambodia as part of a crackdown on prostitution rings in Sihanoukville province, a Chinese investment hub, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
Pedestrians hurt as car hits barriers at UK parliament, man arrested
A number of people were injured after a car collided with security barriers outside London’s parliament building on Tuesday and a man who drove the vehicle was arrested, police said.
Pro-China groups protest outside HK press club over ‘separatist’ speech
Pro-China groups rallied outside Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) on Tuesday over a speech by an independence activist that has riled Beijing and sparked debate about the viability of the city’s freedoms.
Syrian Kurdish-led council visits Damascus for new talks: report
The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been to Damascus for a second round of talks with the state, the pro-government al-Watan newspaper said on Tuesday.
Beijing blames ‘anti-China forces’ for criticism of its Xinjiang policy
Anti-China forces are behind criticism of policies in the far western region of Xinjiang, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after a U.N. panel aired accusations that a million ethnic Uighurs may be held in internment camps there.
Taliban militants overrun Afghan army base, capture dozens of soldiers
Taliban militants overran large parts of an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 soldiers, wounding 15 and capturing dozens more in fighting over the past two days, officials said on Tuesday.
Thai court delays decision on taking up case against Airports of Thailand, King Power
A Thai court on Tuesday said it would extend a hearing into accusations of graft against Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT) and duty-free retailer King Power, delaying a decision on whether to take up the case.
