Fearing “angry mob”, lawyer of freed Christian woman leaves Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani lawyer who helped a Christian woman overturn her death sentence for blasphemy said on Saturday he had left the country in fear of his life after…
Egypt’s Christians bury victims of militant attack
MINYA – Egyptian Christians have buried six members of the same family who were shot dead while returning from a baptism at a Coptic monastery in Egypt’s Minya province. Two…
US carrier leads warships in biggest ever Japan defence war game
BOARD USS RONALD REAGAN – US fighter jets have darted over the Western Pacific as the nuclear powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier joined Japanese destroyers and a Canadian warship…
Senior Indonesian rescue diver dies in jet crash search
JAKARTA – An Indonesian rescue diver has died in a search operation for a jet that crashed early this week near Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board, the search…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro threatens to cut diplomatic ties with Cuba
BRASILIA – Brazilian far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has said there was no point maintaining diplomatic relations with Cuba because it trampled on human rights and there was no business to…
Dissident cartoonist cancels Hong Kong show after China “threats”
HONG KONG – Hong Kong organisers of an exhibition by a dissident Chinese-Australian cartoonist, a persistent thorn in the side of leaders in Beijing, have cancelled the event in the…
In controversial shift, Japan aims to open door wider for foreign blue-collar workers
TOKYO – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet has approved a draft legislation to open the door to more overseas blue-collar workers in sectors grappling with labour shortages, a controversial policy…
Turkey wants to know where Khashoggi’s body is: justice minister
ANKARA – Turkey wants Saudi authorities to tell them the whereabouts of the body of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed last month in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,…
Exclusive: Pilot made distress call on doomed Indonesian jet’s previous flight
JAKARTA, Nov 1 (Reuters) – The pilot of a Lion Air flight from Indonesia’s Bali island on Sunday made a distress call minutes after take-off due to technical problems, but…
Merkel ally wants tough message on sex crimes for refugees
BERLIN – Asylum seekers must be taught that Germany has zero tolerance for sex crimes, its migration commissioner said, following widespread shock over the rape of an 18-year-old woman that…
