BERLIN – The United Nations’ refugee agency is asking Kenya to reconsider its demand that it close a vast camp for Somali refugees within three months and send the inhabitants home. Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto made the demand Saturday. The government says the Dadaab camp has become a recruitment …
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s constitution drafters have submitted the draft of a new national charter to an advisory council for review, nearly a year after the military took power from an elected government. The military abolished an earlier constitution after the May 22 coup, and the government operates under a temporary …
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SKOPJE, Macedonia – Fourteen migrants believed to be from Afghanistan and Somalia who were heading north toward the European Union were killed by an express train as they walked along tracks in central Macedonia at night, police said Friday. The group had been walking along tracks in a narrow gorge …
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MOSCOW – Russia’s space agency has postponed the docking of a cargo ship with the International Space Station because of problems with the unmanned spacecraft. The Progress M-27M was launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and was scheduled to dock six hours later. But Roscosmos said Mission Control …
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea said Friday it will push to allow more journalists to travel to North Korea to cover a wider range of cross-border exchange projects such as sports and academic programs. Seoul’s Unification Ministry said it will actively support sports, culture, academic and other civilian exchange …
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TORONTO – Canada is seeking an emergency stay of a judge’s decision to give a former Guantanamo Bay inmate bail while he appeals his conviction in a Washington court for war crimes. Jeremy Laurin, a spokesman for Canada’s public safety minister, said Monday in addition to appealing the Omar Khadr …
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LONDON – Counting the votes in Britain’s election will take a matter of hours. Assembling a government could take days — or weeks. By Friday, the country will know how many seats each party has won in the House of Commons. If either the Conservatives of Labour has more than …
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ROME – Officials in Sicily say they have arrested five people accused of kidnapping newly arrived migrants and extorting their relatives for 200 euros (dollars) apiece to free them so they can continue their journeys north. Wednesday’s arrests marked the latest effort by police to undermine the booming human-trafficking industry …
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KAMPALA, Uganda – The head of Interpol in Uganda says an Islamic extremist leader who was arrested in Tanzania will be extradited to Uganda after Tanzanian authorities agreed to cooperate. Asan Kasingye told The Associated Press Tuesday that Jamil Mukulu appeared Friday in a Dar es Salaam court, charged with …
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A fire that swept through a privately run home for the elderly in central China killed 38 people and left much of it a charred ruin, raising concerns over the safety of facilities housing the country’s rapidly aging population. The fire broke out Monday night in the Kangleyuan Rest Home, …
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