Four people seriously hurt in knife attacks in Vienna
VIENNA (Reuters) – Four people were seriously wounded in two knife attacks in a district of the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Wednesday evening, but a motive or any connection between the assaults was unclear, a police spokesman said.
U.N. rights chief denounces ‘climate of intimidation’ in Egypt before vote
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday there was a “pervasive climate of intimidation” in Egypt in the run-up to this month’s presidential elections marked by arrests, torture of detainees and “silencing” of independent media….
Three people seriously hurt in knife attack in Vienna: Austrian media
VIENNA (Reuters) – Three people were seriously injured in a knife attack in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday evening, the Austrian Press Agency (APA) quoted a police spokesman as saying.
Kushner faces uphill task to smooth Trump bust-ups with Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner began a visit to Mexico on Wednesday to try to fix rifts over trade, drugs and immigration but many in the host country were skeptical he could repair the damaged relationship.
Third rape case filed against Muslim scholar Ramadan
PARIS (Reuters) – A 45-year-old woman filed a new rape case in France on Wednesday against Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, the third against the Islamic studies professor, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
As sanctions loom, Venezuelan official seeks U.S. talks over Utah man held prisoner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings with Congress members to discuss the fate of a Utah man imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the co…
ICRC says has more ‘cooperative’ access to detained Islamic State families
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday it had “increasingly cooperative” access to families of suspected Islamic State militants whose safety in detention has been a focus of concern for foreign aid agencies….
Britain says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent
SALISBURY, England (Reuters) – A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday, in a case that threatens to further damage London’s ties with Moscow…
U.S. Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country’s minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum said on Wednesda…
U.N. envoy seeks rights dialogue with North Korea after tensions ease
GENEVA (Reuters) – An easing of international tensions with North Korea should lead to dialogue with Pyongyang to prevent continued “grave abuses” such as torture and political prison camps, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Wednesday.
