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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a ruling party leadership vote on Thursday, setting him on track to become Japan's longest-serving premier and try to cement his legacy, including by revising the pacifist constitution. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OEUvoL

A landslide triggered by heavy rains on Thursday killed at least four people in the central Philippines, with dozens feared trapped in the latest of a string of deadly incidents over six days. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ODzISn

Russia's regional election committee in the Far East voted on Thursday to annul the results of regional elections at the weekend after reports of vote rigging, a rare admission for Russia of ballot interference. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MSUw6Q

Many Indians are switching off air conditioners in cars and going to gas pumps across state borders in a bid to save money, as petrol prices across the country hover at record-high levels. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Nqo7cM

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro gained ground over his rivals in the first round of Brazil's presidential election set for Oct. 7, a new poll showed on Thursday, though it remains unclear who he will face in an expected run-off vote on Oct. 28. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2pqkjcV

Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they had fired the top prosecutor in Jalisco state, the second official to lose his job after the discovery of a container truck holding the bodies of hundreds of victims of the country's drug war. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PRGvYN

Australian doctors said on Thursday a "humanitarian emergency" is unfolding at an Australian-run detention center in the Pacific and they asked for government permission to treat asylum seekers at the remote facility. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2plwU18

China's education ministry has launched a "comprehensive" inspection of school textbooks to remove unapproved alterations or foreign content, state media reported late on Wednesday, amid a push to combat Western influence in China's schools. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2O27Vy4

A total of 21 money laundering charges will be laid against former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over a $681 million transfer into his bank account, police said on Thursday, money that allegedly came from scandal-linked state fund 1MDB. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xCJHQm

China places a "high premium" on its relations with Pakistan and believes a key economic project will be successful, President Xi Jinping told Pakistan's army chief, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road schemes. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ppg8OK

Peru's opposition-run Congress renewed its confidence in the government of centrist President Martin Vizcarra late on Wednesday, averting a political crisis that would have cost him his cabinet and triggered new legislative elections. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PSpVIo

The United Nations said on Wednesday that it would send an assistant director to lead its anti-graft mission in Guatemala as the group's chief remains banned from entering the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ODNggJ

China strongly supports and warmly welcomes the agreement reached by the two Koreas at their summit in Pyongyang, and believes that the opportunity for peace should not be lost again, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xpGF2W