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| Romanian engineer rescued after Niger Delta kidnapping | | | A Romanian engineer who was kidnapped in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region earlier this week has been rescued, police said on Friday. The man, who was working for construction firm Dextron Nigeria Ltd, was abducted by gunmen in the Owa Oyibo area late on Monday. Celestina Kalu, a spokeswoman for police in Delta state, said the Romanian man was rescued along with a colleague whose nationality she did not disclose. |
| Chairman of China's Shenzhen Airport Group under investigation for graft | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairman of China's Shenzhen Airport Group is being investigated by the ruling Communist Party for suspected corruption, the party's anti-graft watchdog said on Friday. Wang Yang is suspected of "serious discipline breaches", the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statement, using its usual euphemism for graft but providing no other details. Dozens of senior officials and executives have been caught up in a campaign against corruption launched by President Xi Jinping since he assumed power almost four years ago. ... |
| China says backs Philippines' anti-narcotics campaign | |  China backs Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign and will cooperate with the Southeast Asian country in the war against drugs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Duterte won the presidential election by a huge margin in May after campaigning almost entirely on promises to wipe out drugs and crime. China has also offered support.
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| Anti-Russia blogger stands trial in Belarus | | | By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - A Belarussian court started on Friday a closed trial of a blogger - known for his fierce criticism of Russia - who is accused of inciting hatred and distributing pornography in a case activists say is politically motivated. Edward Palchis, the creator of a Belarussian nationalist website, was arrested earlier this year in Russia and extradited to Belarus where he could face up to four years in prison. The charges against Palchis relate to an online article he wrote in April 2015 in which he reposted xenophobic, lewd and violent memes about Belarus from a Russian social media website to illustrate his argument against Russian internet policy. |
| ICC prosecutor warns Philippines over drug war killings | |  The International Criminal Court may have the jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' crackdown on drugs, a prosecutor at the Hague-based tribunal said. Nearly 2,300 people have died since Duterte started the campaign on June 30, according to police, of which 1,566 were drug suspects killed in police operations. "I am deeply concerned about these alleged killings and the fact that public statements of high officials of the republic of the Philippines seem to condone such killings," ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement.
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| Hardline Muslim groups protest over Jakarta's ethnic Chinese governor | |  By Kanupriya Kapoor and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thousands of hardline Muslims rallied in Jakarta on Friday in protest against the city's ethnic Chinese and Christian governor, further fuelling ethnic tensions ahead his re-election bid in February. Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known by his nickname "Ahok", became Jakarta's first ethnic Chinese governor in 2014, but hardline Muslims have opposed his rise to power. Speaking on the sidelines of the demonstration, Forum Umat Islam Secretary General Muhammad al Khaththath didn't single out Purnama, but said leaders should be Muslim "because that is what the Koran calls for." Ahok has gained a reputation for being a tough reformer, and has recently come under attack from Muslim groups for comments about the Koran.
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| Turkey could hold referendum on presidential system by spring - minister | |  Turkey could hold a referendum on changing the constitution and introducing a presidential system before the spring, its justice minister said on Friday, days after the government revived plans that would hand incumbent Tayyip Erdogan greater powers. The stronger presidency long wanted by Erdogan is a deeply divisive issue in Turkey, with his supporters adamant it will give the nation of 78 million the strong leadership it needs, but opponents afraid of creeping authoritarianism. "If the parliament puts the issue on its agenda and makes a quick decision, the referendum will be brought to the people quickly, even before the spring," Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told the Kanal 24 television station.
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| Japan withholds UNESCO funding after Nanjing Massacre row | |  Japan has withheld its 2016 funding for the UN heritage body UNESCO, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday, following its decision last year to include documents about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in its "Memory of the World" programme. "We gave an explanation yesterday to a meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party on how payment of our contribution has yet to be made," Kishida told reporters, referring to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party.
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| Phoenix woman removes handcuffs, hangs herself in police van - police | | | A woman arrested in Phoenix for domestic violence and assaulting a police officer slipped out of her handcuffs and hung herself with a shoelace from a vent in the back of a police van, authorities said on Thursday. The woman was rushed to hospital unconscious after the officers driving the van tried to revive her, but she was not expected to survive, a Phoenix police statement said. Last year, Sandra Bland, an African-American woman, was found dead with a trash bag around her neck in her cell at a jail in Waller County, Texas, where she was arrested at a traffic stop. |
| As elephants die, Jharkhand to set up Wildlife Crime Control Cell | | | Ranchi, Oct 14 (ANS) Jharkhand has seen the deaths of a staggering 156 elephants -- or nearly a fifth of its pachyderm population -- since it was carved out of Bihar in November 2000, prompting the state to set up a Wildlife Crime Control Cell to draw up short- and long-term measures to prevent further deaths and resolve growing animal-human conflicts. Elephants have been losing their lives at the rate of almost 10 a year in the state for a variety of reasons -- from electrocution to being run over by trains, and poaching to consuming poisonous substances. In the most recent incident, late last month, two elephants, including a calf, died after being hit by a speeding train near Gautam Dhara railway station some 30 km from the state capital. |
| Thailand faces uncertainty, grief without King Bhumibol | |  By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of weeping Thais on Friday lined the route the body of their beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej will take to the riverside Grand Palace ahead of a funeral and a traditional royal cremation that will need months to prepare. The world's longest-reigning monarch, who was worshipped as a father figure during his 70-year reign, died in a Bangkok hospital on Thursday. Military government leader Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday security was his top priority and he ordered extra troops deployed around the country.
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