By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Poppy McPherson UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (Reuters) – A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week’s massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom. P…
Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ bill to have pre-election ‘chilling effect’ -Europe watchdog
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s proposed “disinformation” bill threatens free speech and could further harm journalism ahead of next year’s elections, a European rights watchdog’s legal body said, calling for Turkey’s parliament to reject it. The Venice …
Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said at least 185 people, including children, had …
Lesotho’s new party set for election win, early results show
By Marafaele Mohloboli MASERU (Reuters) – A recently founded party led by a millionaire diamond magnate looked set on Sunday to win Lesotho’s parliamentary election, having secured enough for a simple majority, according to preliminary results from the…
Thirteen killed, dozens hurt in Zaporizhzhia city missile attack, Ukraine officials say
KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack early on Sunday struck an apartment block and other residential buildings in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 13 people and injuring 87 others, including 10 children, Ukrainian offi…
F-35 jet deliveries can resume following waiver for Chinese-origin alloy- Pentagon
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into an engine part, the Pentagon said on Saturday. In September the Pentagon stopped accepting new F-35 j…
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles after allied military drills
By Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in T…
Prayers, sorrow at temples as Thailand mourns children slain in massacre
By Poppy McPherson and Jiraporn Kuhakan UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (Reuters) -Hundreds gathered in temples in northeast Thailand on Saturday, offering candles, toys and prayers to mark the lives of more than 30 mostly child victims of a gun and knife rampag…
Thousands attend funeral of Burkina Faso soldiers killed in pre-coup ambush
By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners gathered in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday for the funeral of 27 soldiers killed in an ambush last month that triggered the country’s second coup this year led by a mili…
NATO must do more to counter Putin’s ‘delusions of grandeur’ – German minister
By Andrius Sytas RUKLA, Lithuania (Reuters) -NATO must do more to protect itself against Russia and President Vladimir Putin, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Saturday, because we “cannot know how far Putin’s delusions of grandeur ca…