SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Classified Chinese government documents made public by an international group of journalists describe the repressive inner workings of detention camps in Xinjiang, in a second rare leak in days of secret files concerning the troubled western region. FILE PHOTO: The Chinese national flag flies outside the mosque at the Xinjiang International Grand
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Incumbent candidate Klaus Iohannis casts his ballot in the second round of a presidential election, in Bucharest, Romania, November 24, 2019. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s centrist President Klaus Iohannis easily won a presidential runoff vote on Sunday as expected, crushing his socialist challenger on a pledge to restart a judicial
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau holds a presidential election on Sunday that voters hope will bring change to the coup-prone nation after weeks of political chaos that sparked violent protests and deadlocked parliament. Supporters of presidential candidate Umaro Sissoko Embalo gather outside his campaign headquarters, ahead of Sunday’s presidential election in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau November 22,
EL ALTO/LA PAZ (Reuters) – Anti-government demonstrators in Bolivia lifted road blockades ahead of talks with interim President Jeanine Anez on Saturday aimed at ending weeks of unrest, as Congress moved toward passing a bill to pave the way for new elections. People line up to get a gas cylinder near petrol plant of Senkata,
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi gestures after talking to reporters about GSOMIA pact with South Korea during G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Nagoya, Japan, November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign minister said he plans to discuss the contentious issue of wartime laborers on the Korean peninsula at a meeting with
PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – The African Union on Friday called on Britain to withdraw from the Chagos Islands and end its “continued colonial administration” there after a U.N. deadline for it to do so expired. FILE PHOTO: Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N.
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – Japan seized the last event of its G20 presidency on Friday to push back at South Korean claims about radiation from its ruined Fukushima nuclear plant as a deep dispute between Tokyo and Seoul threatened to overshadow the meetings. FILE PHOTO: A guard stands in front of an entrance of the
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, presenting one of the gravest challenges yet to Israel’s longest-serving leader. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a banner depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the words “Crime Minister” outside the Justice Ministry as pre-trial hearings in corruption cases
YANGON (Reuters) – A series of legal cases filed in recent weeks at courts across the globe have heaped pressure on Myanmar to answer for alleged atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims during a brutal military-led crackdown two years ago. FILE PHOTO: Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at a school in Kawhmu, Yangon,
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban released American and Australian university professors held hostage for more than three years on Tuesday, Afghan, U.S. and Australian officials said, completing a delayed prisoner swap and raising hopes for a revival of peace talks. Timothy Weeks and Kevin King speak to the camera while kept hostage by
Demonstrators gesture near Lebanese police during the ongoing anti-government protest, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT (Reuters) – A heavy deployment of Lebanese security forces fanned out in central Beirut on Tuesday, ahead of a parliamentary session protesters have vowed to prevent as they demonstrate against the ruling elite. Banks reopened for
People take part in a protest march against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, November 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico, Uruguay and representatives of the Caribbean Community on Monday rejected the use of force and human rights violations in Venezuela, urging a peaceful and democratic solution to solve the
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Several Asian airlines have cut flights to Hong Kong over the coming weeks, an industry scheduling publication showed, as anti-government protests in the city grow increasingly violent and disrupt daily life. Protesters clash with police at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China November 18, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Routes
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has named as her running mate for 2020 elections a former premier who angered Beijing so badly last year with his support for the island’s formal independence that a major Chinese paper called for his arrest. FILE PHOTO: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen visits an exhibition of Taiwanese products
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called on supporters to lead a new wave of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, who has held on to power despite an economic crisis and aggressive U.S. sanctions. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country’s rightful interim ruler, attends
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankans trickled into polling centers early on Saturday to choose a new president for the island-nation still struggling to recover from Easter Sunday attacks on hotels and churches that have heavily weighed on its tourism-dependent economy. FILE PHOTO: An election official holds the ballot papers in a bus near a distribution