Haiti suspends Oxfam GB’s operating right amid misconduct probe
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti has temporarily revoked Oxfam Great Britain’s right to operate in the Caribbean country after allegations of sexual misconduct by some of the charity’s staff there, Planning and External Cooperation Minister Aviol Fleur…
Venezuelans’ legal entry to Colombia dips 30 percent with tighter border: government
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The legal daily entry of Venezuelan migrants into Colombia has fallen by 30 percent in the last two weeks, the Colombian migration agency said on Thursday, after the government imposed stricter border controls.
After war cabinet, Britain’s May to set out ‘way forward’ on Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out “the way forward” for Brexit next week after a meeting with top aides on Thursday intended to resolve differences over strategy that are dividing her team, and frustrating European Unio…
North Korea says U.N. chief ‘picking a quarrel’ with sanctions remarks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea on Thursday accused United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres of “picking a quarrel” with Pyongyang by praising international sanctions for putting pressure on the country over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
Anger in Nigerian village as girls still missing after Boko Haram attack
DAPCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The governor of Nigeria’s Yobe state told residents of the village of Dapchi in person on Thursday that 76 of their schoolgirls who were reported to have been rescued from Islamist Boko Haram kidnappers were in fact still mi…
Argentina eases residency application for Venezuelan immigrants
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina is giving Venezuelan immigrants extra time to present documents needed to obtain residency due to delays in obtaining paperwork from their homeland, the head of the country’s migration authority said on Thursday.
Air strikes again hit Syria’s Ghouta, U.N. considers ceasefire resolution
AMMAN (Reuters) – Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near Syria’s capital for a fifth day running on Thursday as the U.N. Security Council considered demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the country to allow emergency aid deliveries and medical evacuations.
Canada’s Trudeau spurs criticism, raises eyebrows on India trip
OTTAWA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Canadian and Indian officials scrambled on Thursday to explain how a convicted Sikh extremist was invited to a New Delhi reception for Justin Trudeau, the latest misstep in the Canadian prime minister’s bumpy eight-day trip…
‘France first’, far right’s Marechal-Le Pen says in comeback speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – France should follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead and fight for “France first”, Marion Marechal-Le Pen, seen as a potential leader of France’s far right, told U.S conservatives on Thursday in her first public appearance in …
Kurdish YPG militia urges Syrian army to help it stop Turkey
BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Thursday that fighters backing the Syrian government were deploying on the frontlines to help repel a Turkish assault, but that assistance would be needed from the Syrian army itself.
