Author: Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded in front of a government office in Thailand’s insurgency-hit southern Yala province on Tuesday, wounding 18 people, a security official said. The explosions took … Read More

By Neil Jerome Morales and Martin Petty MANILA (Reuters) – Millions of people woke up confused, confined and frustrated in the Philippines on Tuesday, as a sweeping home quarantine order … Read More

By Donny Kwok and Ryan Woo HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Governments in Asia are preparing measures to head off a new wave of coronavirus cases as people flee an explosion … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Azeri Turkish businessman Mubariz Mansimov Gurbanoglu has been arrested in one of the highest-profile detentions of a crackdown against suspects linked to a network accused of carrying … Read More

(This March 16 refile corrects to read Monday in the first paragraph) By Steve Holland and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The White House, under pressure to escalate national … Read More

By Donny Kwok and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will quarantine for 14 days all people entering the city starting midnight on Thursday to prevent an “explosion” … Read More

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has recovered 1.4 billion ringgit ($323 million) of funds allegedly stolen from state fund 1MDB and identified another 6.9 billion ringgit for recovery, the prime … Read More

By Amanda Becker and Sharon Bernstein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ohio will postpone its presidential nominating election planned for Tuesday, despite a judge’s refusal to endorse a postponement, because the public … Read More

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that he would like to discuss international cooperation to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at the Group of … Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told German broadcaster RTL that he expected the coronavirus crisis to last until the end of May. “I expect we’ll have to … Read More