Fellow Nobel Winner Urges Suu Kyi to Stop Rohingya Persecution
BANGKOK — Former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is urging Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi to intervene to stop the persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in the Southeast Asian country.
Magnitude 8 Tremor Strikes Southern Coast of Mexico
MEXICO CITY — USGS: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8 has struck off Mexico's southern coast.
Kate Millett, Feminist Activist and Author, 82
PARIS — Kate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best-selling work "Sexual Politics" was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the modern feminist movement, has died at 82.
Catalonia Officially Sets Independence Vote for Oct. 1
MADRID — Voters in Spain's prosperous Catalonia region will be asked to choose in less than a month if they want to secede from Spain, the region's pro-independence ruling government announced Wednesday in a move that puts it in open defiance of central authorities in Madrid.
Three Ways to Stop North Korea, According to Experts
TOKYO — If the U.S. attacks North Korea, the world could see another nuclear war. Yet negotiations won’t work — leader Kim Jong Un won’t live up to his promises even if he were to make any. And China — if only it would help more!
Hun Sen: ‘I’ll Rule 10 More Years; Don’t Be Jealous’
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed to continue leading his impoverished Southeast Asian nation for another 10 years on Wednesday, days after the arrest of his leading opponent.
Indian Journalist Shot, Killed by Unknown Assailants
BANGALORE, India — An Indian journalist was fatally shot Tuesday by unidentified attackers in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police said.
Dozens of Rohingya Refugees With Bullet Wounds in Bangladesh
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh — A hospital near Bangladesh's southeastern border has become overcrowded with dozens of Rohingya refugees who arrived with bullet wounds and broken bones after fleeing violence in western Myanmar.
Indonesian Minister to Raise Rohingya Plight With Suu Kyi
JAKARTA — Indonesia's president has called for an end to violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and sent his foreign minister to discuss the plight of Rohingya Muslims with the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
John Ashbery, Celebrated and Challenging Poet, 90
NEW YORK — John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died early Sunday at age 90.
