Mother of Abe killing suspect is a member of ‘Moonies’ Church

  By Reuters and published by CNA  Tokyo - The mother of the man arrested for the killing of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is a member of the Unification Church, the church's Japan head said on Monday (July 11). A police investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe prompted …

Massive petition in pursuit of local autonomy lodged at parliament

By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MASSIVE PETITION IN PURSUIT of local autonomy for which the constitution may be amended accordingly was lodged at parliament today (July 11). Move Forward Party and Progressive Movement Group jointly submitted the petition endorsed by 80,772 signatures of people nationwide and primarily designed to establish local autonomy in all provinces …

Sri Lanka protesters vow will not let up until president, PM quit

By Reuters and published by CNA Colombo - Leaders of Sri Lanka's protest movement said on Sunday (July 10) they would occupy the residences of the president and prime minister until they finally quit office, the day after the two men agreed to resign leaving the country in political limbo. Thousands of protesters stormed President …

Thai Liberal Party wins first MP in constituency-based mode

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI LIBERAL PARTY has won an MP seat, widely defeating an archrival Thai Economic Party in today's (July 10) by-election in Lampang, and turned out to be the first MP of the opposition party to have been elected in constituency-based mode. Thai Liberal candidate Dejthavee Srivichai won 53,971 votes, defeating …