U.N., HRW say African migrants being abused in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – African migrants and asylum seekers in Yemen are being subjected to physical and sexual abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch(HRW) and the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said.
Trump says U.S. having direct talks with North Korea about summit
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump disclosed on Tuesday that the United States is having direct talks at “extremely high levels” with Pyongyang to try to set up a summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
U.S., Syria give conflicting accounts on global chemical weapons experts
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States and Syria appeared to offer conflicting accounts on Tuesday of whether global chemical weapons inspectors had reached the Syrian town of Douma where a suspected poison gas attack took place and sparked a …
Brazil Senator Neves to stand trial for corruption, court rules
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Senator Aecio Neves should stand trial on corruption and obstruction of justice charges, a fresh blow to the one-time presidential candidate and former centrist party leader.
Hungarian police arrest member of world swimming’s governing body over 1998 murder
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – When Hungarian media tycoon Janos Fenyo was gunned down in his car by a dozen submachine gun bullets in downtown Budapest two decades ago it shocked the country and police never found who ordered the murder.
Violence against Rohingya exposed in ‘shocking photos’
(Reuters) – When a Rohingya refugee boat capsized on the Bangladesh coastline, photographer Damir Sagolj rushed to the scene and saw locals collecting the drowned and arranging their bodies next to the road.
UK political pollsters told to upgrade methods to improve predictions
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s political pollsters have been told by a parliamentary committee to upgrade their methods to avoid the high-profile failures of recent years.
Revealing Duterte’s war with data, cameras and shoe leather
I met her with Reuters colleague Manny Mogato in May 2016 in a slum in Davao City, just after its long-time mayor, Rodrigo Duterte – also known as “The Punisher” – was elected president of the Philippines. Four of Alia’s sons were killed in Davao in a …
The silencing of Malta’s anti-corruption campaigner
VALLETTA (Reuters) – He ran towards the burning car barefoot across the field, oblivious to the mud and stones. The explosion had blown the grey Peugeot 108 clear off the road. Now the twisted remains sat ablaze about five meters into the field, a meta…
Britain’s Corbyn under fire over anti-Semitism in parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s governing Conservative Party took aim at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, blaming him for fuelling anti-Semitism in his opposition party by failing to tackle a culture that has led to threats against some of his lawm…
