Japan’s foreign minister urges China to release jailed national
Diplomat protests against recent jailing of pharmaceutical firm employee in first visit by a Japanese foreign minister to Beijing in more than three years.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing and urged the government there to promptly release a jailed Japanese national.
Hayashi’s meeting on Sunday with Qin Gang was the first visit to Beijing for a Japanese foreign minister in more than three years as the two rival Asian powers seek common ground at a time of rising regional tensions.
An employee of Astellas Pharma was detained in China for unknown reasons, a spokesperson for the drugs maker said a week ago.
Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power
Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde and Libération, the newspapers said on Sunday, the latest move the junta running the west African country has taken against French media.
Burkina Faso, where two coups took place last year, is battling a jihadist insurgency that spilled over from neighbouring Mali in 2015.
“Our correspondent in Burkina Faso, Sophie Douce, has been expelled from the country ... at the same time as her colleague from Libération, Agnès Faivre,” Le Monde said.
"Mafia Methods"Viktor Orbán Ups the Pressure on German Companies to Leave Hungary
His group had already acquired a "dominant position in the Hungarian construction supplies industry,” wrote the man, whom Transparency International, the anti-corruption organization, believes has close ties to Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán. He wrote that they are interested in "expanding” their "professional spectrum” by purchasing a stake in the two German companies’ joint Hungarian subsidiary, which operates two cement factories in the country.
Sergei Roldugin, the cellist who looks after Putin’s fortune
A Swiss court this week convicted four Russian bankers for allowing Sergei Roldugin to deposit tens of millions of euros in bank accounts – colossal sums for a man who is, officially, a professional cellist. But it has long been suspected that Roldugin is tasked with looking after the enormous wealth of his close friend, President Vladimir Putin.
On the face of it, the court case looks rather tame for this era: a Zurich court found four Russian bankers guilty on March 30 of failing to carry out the necessary checks on the origin of deposits into two bank accounts by Russian cellist Sergei Roldugin in 2014 and 2016.
The sentences imposed were light: no jail time and fines that only come into effect if the bankers break the law again over the next two years.
India: Abandoned brides fight for justice
Many women in India's Punjab state share similar stories of abandonment, abuse and cruelty at the hands of their husbands. But the road to justice is paved with constant setbacks and delays.
Neelam Rani was married to Gaurav Kumar for only 45 days before he left for Germany without her, but taking all of her cash and jewelry with him.
Eight years after being abandoned by her husband, Neelam now lives with her elderly father and younger sister in the city of Gurdaspur in Punjab.
Neelam recalled her husband's promise to immigrate to Germany together as a married couple — but shortly after the wedding, her life suddenly went downhill.
Iranian women arrested for not wearing hijab after yogurt thrown on them
Two women in Iran were arrested after a man threw yogurt on them for not wearing the hijab at a store in the northeastern city of Shandiz, according to a video and report published by the Mizan News Agency, the state-run media for Iran’s judiciary.
Video of Thursday’s incident shows a man approaching one of the women who is unveiled and speaking to her before proceeding to grab a tub of yogurt from the store and throwing it, hitting both women in the head.
Iranian women risk arrest for not covering their hair. Many have been defying the mandatory dress code as part of protests that followed the death of a young woman in custody who allegedly violated hijab rules.
The video appears to show a male staff member removing the suspect from the store. CNN is not able to verify what was said immediately before the confrontation.
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