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India detains Chinese soldier at flashpoint border; China requests soldier to be returned
NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (AFP): Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on the disputed Himalayan frontier where the world's two most populous countries fought a deadly battle last year, the military said on Saturday night (Jan 9).
In Central America, tensions rise as soldiers aim to stop migrants
TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Guatemalan and Honduran soldiers will be deployed to prevent new U.S.-bound migrant caravans from advancing, military officials said, amid growing desperation among those seeking to cross and signs that some groups will depart later this month.
Cuba to collaborate with Iran on coronavirus vaccine
HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba said late on Friday it had signed an accord with Iran to transfer the technology for its most advanced coronavirus vaccine candidate and carry out last-stage clinical trials of the shot in the Islamic Republic.
Ethiopian women raped in Mekelle, says soldier
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Soldiers and police in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekelle have expressed concerns about insecurity, with one saying women were raped this week, after the city fell to federal forces during a war late last year.
Indonesian plane crashes after take-off with 62 aboard
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known.
Two die in Spanish storm, troops deployed to help motorists stranded by snow
MADRID (Reuters) - Two people died in Spain and troops rescued drivers trapped by snow as Storm Filomena caused travel chaos across the country, with Madrid seeing the heaviest snowfall in decades.
Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears
LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal's far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his joint news conference with visiting French counterpart Marine Le Pen due to a lack of social distancing.
Indonesian cleric who inspired extremists freed from prison (update)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): A convicted firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from an Indonesian prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants.
S. Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves: Media
SEOUL (AFP): A South Korean court on Friday (Jan 8) ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo.
Mali denies civilians were killed in French air strike
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's defence ministry on Thursday denied mounting claims that a French air strike killed civilians attending a wedding, insisting that only Islamist militants were hit.
