Monthly Archives: October 2018

Black box from crashed Indonesian jet retrieved, diver says

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Indonesian divers have retrieved a black box from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea this week with 189 aboard and brought it back to a ship on the surface, one of the divers told media on Thursday.

In Tunisia, the sea takes migrants and brings back bodies

Posted on October 31, 2018 by NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and LORI HINNANT

The boys grew up within sight of the sea that took them away, rambling along paths and climbing rocks that would later be the launching pad for their flimsy rafts.

Thousands of anonymous bodies of migrants found in SAfrica

Posted on October 31, 2018 by BRAM JANSSEN

Ever since Francis Nkomo went missing 10 years ago, his older sister Banele has been waiting for a sign of life.

Leaving Asia for the unknown, thousands disappear in transit

Posted on October 31, 2018 by LORI HINNANT

When Almass was just 14, his widowed mother reluctantly sent him and his 11-year-old brother from their home in Afghanistan all the way to Germany via a chain of smugglers.

AP finds almost 4,900 migrants headed to Europe go missing

Posted on October 31, 2018 by LORI HINNANT

When Khalid Arfaoui's friends knocked on his door in May 2011 to signal their departure by boat from Tunisia to Europe, it wasn't fear that held him back, but a lack of cash.

China exports its restrictive internet policies to dozens of countries: report

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

China's restrictive internet policy and digital surveillance has spread worldwide over the last two years, with its government training emerging market countries on process and its companies furnishing the tools, a democracy watchdog group's annual report says.

Indonesia divers retrieve black box from crashed jet: media

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Indonesian divers have retrieved a black box from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea this week with 189 aboard and brought it back to a ship on the surface, one of the divers told media on Thursday.

Factbox: Outlook for Japan nuclear restarts

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Detailed findings from a Reuters reactor-by-reactor analysis of Japan's nuclear sector show Japan may get as few as six more reactors operating in the next five years and will miss a government target to have 30 operating by 2030.

South Korea Supreme Court allows conscientious objection to military service in landmark ruling

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

South Korea's Supreme Court said on Thursday that conscientious objection is a valid reason to refuse mandatory military service, a landmark change in the court's decades-long stance that is expected to impact about 930 pending cases.

Sex abuse by officials ‘endemic’ in North Korea: rights group

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Sexual abuse by officials in positions of authority in North Korea appears to be "endemic", a watchdog group reported on Thursday, as activists complain the isolated country's rights record is being ignored amid an international push to improve relations.

Indonesia official says ‘ping’ getting clearer in hunt for jet’s black box

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

A "ping" sound believed to be emitted by the black box of an Indonesian jet that crashed into the sea this week with 189 aboard is getting clearer, the deputy of a national transport safety committee said on Thursday.

No-fly zone, military drill ban near Korea border take effect

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

A no-fly zone and a ban on military drills near the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea came into effect on Thursday as the once uneasy neighbors push to further defuse tensions.

North Korea women suffer serious sexual abuse but no ‘MeToo’

Posted on October 31, 2018 by HYUNG-JIN KIM

North Korean refugees say sexual violence against women in their former homeland is part of daily life.

Sri Lanka’s ‘lord of the rings’ back in power, pro-China strongman wiped out Tamil rebels

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Just three years after being voted out in a presidential election in Sri Lanka, strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa is back at the center of power, appointed prime minister by the man who defeated him.

‘Shines with the color of pearls’: Myanmar’s trade in human hair booms

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Hair helps to pay the rent for Za Za Lin, whose eyes filled with tears as her long black mane was combed, cut, and untangled by practiced hands at a roadside market stall in Myanmar's commercial hub of Yangon.

S. Korea’s Moon: N. Korean leader Kim to visit Seoul ‘soon’

Posted on October 31, 2018 by HYUNG-JIN KIM

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul as part of a flurry of high-profile diplomacy aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.

Kim Jong Un to visit Seoul ‘soon,’ South Korean president reveals

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Nicole Darrah

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul, South Korea, President Moon-Jae in said Thursday. 

Japan resumes work at disputed site for US base relocation

Posted on October 31, 2018 by FOX News

PDVSA ex-executive admits taking bribes in guilty plea in U.S. court

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

A former finance executive of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA accepted $17 million in bribes as part of a broad embezzlement scheme, U.S. federal prosecutors said on Wednesday, in a case that implicates a French oil firm and a Russian bank.

Mexico Supreme Court says ban on recreational marijuana unconstitutional

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Reuters: World News

Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an absolute ban on recreational use of marijuana was unconstitutional, effectively leaving it to lawmakers to regulate consumption of the drug.