Philippines says will review UN concerns over killings
GENEVA – The Philippines has said it would review recommendations over killings in its war on drugs, but stopped short of committing to make reforms or prosecute police for excessive…
South African students suspended over Nazi-inspired posters
CAPE TOWN – Three South African students have been suspended on suspicion of putting up Nazi-inspired posters at a university, at a time of growing tension in race relations. Stellenbosch…
Uber says to partner with taxis in Myanmar expansion drive
YANGON – Uber Technologies Inc is only hiring government-accredited taxi drivers in Myanmar, a regional executive said, a move that allows it to avoid the legal hurdles that have dogged…
Accused drunken driver in California crash was deported 15 times
LOS ANGELES – A Mexican national charged in a San Diego, California, car crash that badly injured a 6-year-old boy was in the country illegally and had been deported at…
New S.Korean president vows to address N.Korea, broader tensions “urgently”
SEOUL – South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and has vowed to tackle immediately the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea’s advancing nuclear ambitions…
Trump fires FBI Director Comey, setting off U.S. political storm
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has ignited a political firestorm by firing FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign’s possible collusion…
S.Korea president winner Moon vows to unify bruised country
SEOUL – Liberal politician Moon Jae-in decisively won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday, an exit poll showed, an expected victory that would end nearly a decade of conservative rule…
Car bomb wounds 42 at supermarket in southern Thailand
Muslim militants fighting for a separate state in the south of predominantly Buddhist Thailand are suspected of carrying out a car-bomb attack outside a supermarket in the city of Pattani that…
Paris’ Gare du Nord reopens after fruitless hunt for militants
Paris’ Gare du Nord – one of the French capital’s main railway stations – has reopened after police evacuated it late on Monday to search a high-speed train for suspected…
Uninvited Taiwan says going to UN health meeting, warns China on ties
TAIPEI – Taiwan will send a delegation to a UN health meeting even though it does not have an invitation, the government said, as it warned China that efforts to…
