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Indonesia searching for missing surveillance plane with 11 onboard

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers were searching on Saturday for an ATR 42-500 fisheries surveillance aircraft that went missing with 11 people on board, officials said. The Indonesia Air Transport plane lost contact with air traffic control at about 1:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) around ...
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Uganda police deny opposition leader’s arrest

KAMPALA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ugandan police denied on Saturday allegations by opposition leader Bobi Wine's party that he had been arrested by soldiers as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election. Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP) said on Friday night an army ...
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Family of Iranian protester searched for her body in a pile of corpses and buried her on a roadside

BEIRUT (AP) - Robina Aminian's family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces at close range, straight into the back of her head. But her death in the nationwide protests that challenged the Islamic Republic's theocracy was only ...
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Taiwan says Chinese drone made ‘provocative’ flight over South China Sea island

TAIPEI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea on Saturday, in what Taiwan's defence ministry called a "provocative and irresponsible" move. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as ...
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Ugandan police deny arrest of opposition leader as country awaits final election results

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Police in Uganda on Saturday denied reports that the main opposition candidate in this week's tense election had been arrested, terming the reports as "deceitful and inciteful." They urged citizens to remain peaceful as the country awaits the results in ...
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Photos of horses leaping through flames in centuries-old Spanish tradition

SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain (AP) - Horses galloped through towering flames on Friday in a centuries-old annual tradition in the Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares to honor St. Anthony the Abbott, the patron saint of animals. This is a photo gallery ...
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Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says

DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - More than 3,000 people have died in Iran's nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a "very slight rise" in internet activity was reported in the country after an eight-day blackout. The U.S.-based HRANA group said it had verified ...
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Judge urges US grant visa to college student deported due to ‘mistake’

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras while she was traveling home to spend Thanksgiving with her family in Texas, ...
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US names Rubio, Blair and Kushner in Gaza board under Trump’s plan

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday announced names of the so-called "Board of Peace" that will, under President Donald Trump's plan, supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which continues to see deadly violence despite a fragile ceasefire that ...
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Syria’s Sharaa grants Kurdish Syrians citizenship, language rights for first time, SANA says

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree affirming the rights of the Kurdish Syrians, formally recognising their language and restoring citizenship to all Kurdish Syrians, state news agency SANA reported on Friday. Sharaa's decree came after fierce clashes that broke out ...
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Denmark’s Arctic commander says focus is on Russia, not U.S., amid security concerns

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Janis Laizans NUUK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Denmark's Joint Arctic Command in Greenland is focused on countering potential Russian activity, not defending against U.S. military threats, its head Major General Soren Andersen said on Friday, amid renewed attention on the Arctic ...
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South Korean prosecutors seek death penalty for former President Yoon on insurrection charge

(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korean prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is standing trial on charges of leading an insurrection.During a 17-hour closing hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that Yoon's alleged actions posed a grave threat ...
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