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| American begins sentence of farm work and isolation in North Korea - reports |
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 SEOUL (Reuters) - Matthew Miller, the American held in North Korea since April for "hostile acts", began a six-year hard labour sentence on Thursday that he said involved farm work and isolation, media reports said. Miller, 25, said in an interview with the Associated Press he had written to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor Hillary Clinton asking for help. "Prison life is eight hours of work per day," Miller, dressed in grey prison clothes and a hat, said in the video interview. "Mostly it's been agriculture, like in the dirt, digging around. ...
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| Japan, North Korea to meet next week on abductees |
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 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese and North Korean officials will meet next week for an update on the North's probe into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped decades ago, Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday. North Korea agreed in July to reopen an investigation into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped in the 1970s and 1980s to help train spies, prompting Japan to ease some sanctions on the North. ...
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| Australia to reintroduce temporary visas for refugees |
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 By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will reintroduce a controversial temporary visa system to deal with a huge backlog of asylum seekers, its immigration minister said on Thursday, despite criticism the stopgap process leaves refugees in limbo. Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott won an election last September after campaigning on tough immigration policies, which have been criticised internationally but which polls show remain popular with voters. ...
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| Malaysia among worst countries in world for transgenders - report |
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| KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is among the worst countries in the world to be a transgender person, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday that detailed systematic abuses by religious authorities and police including sexual assault and extortion. The report, based on interviews with more than 40 transgender people, blamed "increasingly vitriolic" discourse by government officials, politicians and religious leaders in the Muslim-majority country for the deterioration in rights. ... |
| UK's Cameron recalls parliament to sanction air strikes against Islamic State |
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 By Andrew Osborn and Michelle Nichols LONDON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said he wanted Britain to join U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State militant group after the Iraqi government requested London's help and he recalled parliament to secure its approval for military action. Parliament, which was in recess, will reconvene on Friday to vote on allowing Britain's Royal Air Force to hit Islamic State targets in northern Iraq. The action has the backing of all three main parties and is expected to comfortably pass. Cameron spoke after U.S. ...
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