Ex-London mayor upends race for UK prime minister by quitting
Vote Leave campaign leader, Boris Johnson, reacts as he delivers a speech in London, Britain June 30, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) LONDON – Former London mayor Boris Johnson, runaway bookmakers’…
Vietnam says Formosa unit’s steel plant caused environmental disaster
Vietnam’s Government Office Head Mai Tien Dung speaks at a press conference on the recent situation of fish death in Vietnam’s central province, in Hanoi, Vietnam,June 30, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)…
Vietnamese comedian’s US sex abuse trial date moved
A fourth trial for an alleged child abuse scandal involving Minh Beo – a renowned Vietnamese comedian – has been postponed again in the US until the end of July.…
Japan says Chinese military activity in East China Sea escalating
A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this…
Vietnam court sentences Australian woman, 73, to death on heroin charges
Nguyen Thi Huong is escorted after the trial in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29, 2016. (Photo courtesy: Tuoi Tre newspaper) HANOI – A court in southern Vietnam…
Melbourne teenager pleads guilty to planning ANZAC Day terror offence
Sevdet Besim was arrested in April 2015. (Photo: Instagram) A teenager has pleaded guilty to planning a terror plot targeting police during Anzac Day commemorations in Melbourne. Sevdet Ramadan…
Herding votes in Australia’s outback villages
A dog stretches next to a ballot box in the remote voting station in the western New South Wales outback town of Enngonia, Australia, June 22, 2016. (Photos: Reuters) …
Islamic State suspected after suicide bombers kill 42 at Istanbul airport
A relative of Gulsen Bahadir, a victim of Tuesday’s attack on Ataturk airport, mourns at her flag-draped coffin during her funeral ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, June 29, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)…
Western Sydney takes centre stage in close-run Australian election
Pedestrians walk in a park next a fence displaying slogans near a construction site in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta, Australia, June 15, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) SYDNEY –…
Hend happy to handle Australia’s hopes in Rio golf
Australia’s Scott Hend tees out during the third round at Bro Hof golf club during the Nordea Masters tournament in Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 2016. (TT News Agency via Reuters)…
