Lawyer of former Malaysian PM Najib to be charged with money laundering: report
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency will charge the lawyer of former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering, state news agency Bernama reported. Muhammad Shafee is leading a defence…
S.Korea jobless rate hits highest since global financial crisis, adds to president’s woes
SEOUL – South Korea’s unemployment rate hit an eight-year high in August as mandatory minimum wages rose, adding to economic policy frustrations and political challenges for President Moon Jae-in whose…
Mexican families search remains of hidden graves for missing children
XALAPA – Families have gathered at a morgue in Mexico to comb through the remains of more than 150 bodies discovered at graves in southern Veracruz state, hunting for clues…
US voices concern on China’s Muslim crackdown, sanctions weighed
WASHINGTON – The US State Department has expressed deep concern over China’s “worsening crackdown” on minority Muslims in the Xinjiang region, as the Trump administration considered sanctions against Chinese senior…
More than 30,000 displaced in Syria’s Idlib in latest offensive: UN
BEIRUT/GENEVA – More than 30,000 people have so far fled their homes in northwest Syria since Syrian government and allied forces resumed air and ground bombardments there last week, the…
Cash-strapped Sudan to form leaner new government in two days
KHARTOUM – Sudan will form a new government within two days, President Omar al-Bashir said, a day after he dissolved the cash-strapped administration and slashed the number of ministries by…
Greece’s Moria migrant camp faces closure over public health fears
ATHENS – Greece’s biggest migrant camp faces closure next month unless authorities clean up “uncontrollable amounts of waste”, the regional governor said, citing public health risks. The Moria camp, on…
Vietnam places orders for Russian weapons worth over $US1 bln: TASS
HANOI – Vietnam has placed orders for Russian weapons and military services worth more than $US1 billion, Russia’s TASS news agency has reported, as the Southeast Asian country bolsters its…
Challenges grow for NZ PM Ardern as communications minister resigns
WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accepted the resignation of her communications minister only hours after saying her job was safe, capping off a tough month for…
Hollywood star and 1970s sex symbol Burt Reynolds dead at 82
Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood’s most popular actors as he starred in such films as “Deliverance,” “The Longest Yard” and “Smokey and the…
