Taiwan same-sex marriage ruling brightens outlook for gay rights in China
BEIJING – Taiwan’s decision giving same-sex couples the right to marry has proved a shot in the arm for China’s gay rights movement, but it is likely to be many…
In first under Trump, US warship challenges Beijing’s claims in South China Sea
WASHINGTON – A US Navy warship has sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, US officials say, the first…
Ex-Haiti president’s autopsy shows leader died of heart disease
PORT-AU-PRINCE – The eagerly anticipated results of an autopsy of former Haitian President Rene Preval shows the leader died in March after a heart irregularity cut off his ability to…
Suspected suicide bombers kill 3 police officers, wound 10 in Jakarta
JAKARTA – Two suspected suicide bombers killed three Indonesian police officers and injured 10 people on Wednesday night in twin blasts near a bus station in the eastern part of…
British police raid houses after bombing decried by PM as sickening attack on young
MANCHESTER – British Prime Minister Theresa May has decried a suicide bomb attack that killed 22 people in a crowded concert hall as a sickening act targeting children and young…
Former James Bond actor Roger Moore dies aged 89
LONDON – Actor Roger Moore, who won international fame playing British secret agent James Bond, has died of cancer aged 89, his family said. His 12 years as Bond, the…
Manchester concert suicide attack prompts security rethinks worldwide
TOKYO/SINGAPORE – Countries from the United States to Japan and Singapore are considering tightening security ahead of major theatre and sports events following a suicide bomb attack in Britain that…
Two men publicly caned in Indonesia for having gay sex
BANDA ACEH – Religious police in Indonesia have caned two men for gay sex, with hooded men inflicting 82 lashes on each of them as hundreds of people watched the punishment ordered…
Jakarta’s former governor to drop appeal against jail term
JAKARTA – Jakarta’s former governor, a Christian, will withdraw an appeal against his controversial jailing for insulting Islam in Muslim-majority Indonesia, to allow prosecutors to appeal the sentence and calm…
Britain suspends election campaign after suspected attack
LONDON – Britain’s political parties have agreed to suspend election campaigning until further notice following an explosion in Manchester that killed 19 people at a concert by US singer Ariana…
