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October 19, 2018
US, S. Korea suspend more drills to bolster N. Korea diplomacy
SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON — The United States and South Korea have suspended upcoming joint air defense exercises to give diplomatic efforts with North Korea “every opportunity to continue,” the US military said on Friday.The Pentagon said the decision to suspend Exercise Vigilant Ace, which had been scheduled for December, was taken by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, who met in Singapore on Friday.Pentagon spokeswoman Dana ...
October 19, 2018
50 dead in India train disaster
AMRITSAR, India — At least 50 people were killed on Friday after a train plowed into revelers gathered to watch a Hindu festival in India’s northern Amritsar city, police said.The train hit a crowd standing on the railway line to watch a fireworks show during Dussehra celebrations, police and eyewitnesses said.“There was a lot of noise as firecrackers were being let off and it appears they were unable to hear ...
October 19, 2018
Six dead in fire at Rohingya camp in Myanmar
YANGON — Six Rohingya were killed early Friday after a blaze tore through an overcrowded camp for the persecuted minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the local fire service said.Global attention has focused on the 720,000 Rohingya Muslims forced from the state’s north into Bangladesh last year by a brutal military crackdown.The UN Human Rights Council has accused top Myanmar generals of genocide over the bloody campaign, allegations the country strongly ...
October 19, 2018
Malaysian ex-deputy PM charged with money laundering, graft
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was charged on Friday with 45 offenses including money laundering and graft amid a widening crackdown on corruption.Ahmad Zahid leads the opposition as president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the once-powerful party that ruled Malaysia for 60 years before being ousted in a shock general election defeat in May.He is the latest former high-ranking official to be ...
October 19, 2018
Wife of Interpol ex-chief fears for his life — and her own safety
BEIJING — The wife of fallen former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has expressed fears for his life and her own safety, lashing out at what she called the “cruel” and “dirty” Chinese government that arrested him in mysterious circumstances.The comments by Grace Meng in a BBC interview represent a rare and extraordinarily blunt level of criticism of China’s government by the victims of Beijing’s tough crackdown on corruption, in which ...
October 19, 2018
Indian temple controversy turns political as protests grow
KOCHI/NEW DELHI — A senior leader of India’s ruling party warned on Friday that protesters in the southern state of Kerala would take the law into their hands if officials attempted to let women enter a hill temple at the center of a raging controversy.A political tinge for the controversy could help Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party gain ground in Kerala, where it has never made much headway, and won ...
October 18, 2018
Sri Lanka boosts leader’s security over alleged death plot
COLOMBO — Security for Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has been stepped up following the discovery of an alleged plot to assassinate him, two of his advisers said on Thursday.An Indian national, named by Indian and Sri Lankan media as M. Thomas from the southern state of Kerala, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the plot on Sept. 22. Former Sri Lankan defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also a ...
October 18, 2018
Top Afghan official killed in shooting, US general unhurt
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan’s most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor’s compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said.Gen. Scott Miller, the top US commander in Afghanistan who had been at the meeting with Razeq only moments earlier, was uninjured in the attack, but the local commander of the NDS intelligence service ...
October 18, 2018
Maldives court frees ex-leader Gayoom
COLOMBO — A Maldivian court overturned the 19-month jail term of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Thursday, a month after the former president’s estranged half-brother and jailer suffered a shock election drubbing.Gayoom, 80, ruled the largely Muslim island nation for 30 straight years until he was defeated at the country’s first multi-party elections in 2008.He was arrested in February and accused of participating in an alleged coup during a crackdown on ...
October 18, 2018
India looks to tighten sexual harassment laws: Government officials
NEW DELHI — India is considering tightening sexual harassment laws, government officials said on Thursday, after an avalanche of complaints of abuse lodged by women in recent weeks thrust the issue to the forefront of politics.Changes to the laws are being considered as the government weighs different proposals to tackle harassment, one of the officials said.“The official announcement could come next week,” said the official, who works in the prime ...
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