Violence in southern Ethiopia forces more than 800,000 to flee
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Violence in southern Ethiopia since June has forced more than 800,000 people to flee their homes and they need food and other aid, a report by the United Nations and the government said on Wednesday.
Two Koreas court peace in first basketball friendly in years
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea joined forces for their first basketball friendly in 15 years on Wednesday amid a warming of relations since the Winter Olympics in the South and easing tensions over the North’s nuclear and missile programs.
Malaysia’s Najib charged with corruption, weeks after stunning ouster
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Just eight weeks after losing an election, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged on Wednesday with abuse of power and criminal breach of trust in an investigation of how billions of dollars went missing from a…
Rouhani says Tehran will remain in nuclear deal if its benefits are guaranteed
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran will remain in its 2015 nuclear deal only if its benefits are guaranteed by other signatories after the United States withdrew from the accord, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a news conference on Wednesday.
Jordanian foreign minister tells Russia ceasefire needed in southern Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told Russia on Wednesday that political dialogue and a ceasefire were priorities for southern Syria where he said a humanitarian catastrophe risked unfolding.
Russia’s top diplomats to meet after Putin-Trump summit: Russian foreign minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow and Washington had agreed that he would meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after President Vladimir Putin holds a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on J…
Afghan tensions rise as protest in north turns violent
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and nine were wounded in the Afghan province of Faryab on Wednesday during a protest that underlined the tension between powerful regional leaders and President Ashraf Ghani ahead o…
Trapped Thai team gets dive lessons as rescuers prepare for extraction
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) – Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving on Wednesday as part of complex preparations to extract a young soccer squad trapped in a cave, and hoping for a swift end to their harr…
Australian archbishop to appeal sex abuse cover-up conviction
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world found guilty of concealing child sex abuse in the church, said on Wednesday he would appeal his conviction and resist pressure to resign.
Aging Japan: Akita prefecture may be glimpse of country’s graying future
AKITA, Japan (Reuters) – On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to start the day.
