Doctors Without Borders fired 19 people for sexual abuse last year
PARIS (Reuters) – International aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said on Wednesday it had dealt with 24 cases of sexual harassment or abuse among its 40,000 staff last year, and dismissed 19 people as a result.
South Africa’s ANC to topple Zuma Thursday; police raid Gupta home
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s hours in power appeared to be numbered on Wednesday, after the ruling party said it would vote him out the following morning and police raided the luxury home of his powerful billionaire ass…
Opening Lent, pope urges people to slow down, rediscover power of silence
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis, leading Catholics into the season of Lent, urged people on Wednesday to slow down amid the noise, haste and desire for instant gratification in a high-tech world to rediscover the power of silence.
‘We are overwhelmed,’ senior refugee official says of east Congo crisis
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A humanitarian disaster in eastern Congo is quickly worsening as aid agencies have been forced to pull back due to growing insecurity and slashed budgets, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) s…
Allies promise Iraq $30 billion, falling short of Baghdad’s appeal
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Iraq received pledges of $30 billion, mostly in credit facilities and investment, on Wednesday from allies but this fell short of the $88 billion Baghdad says it needs to recover from three years of war.
U.N. says bombs will litter Mosul for more than a decade
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Iraqi city of Mosul will remain strewn with unexploded bombs for a decade, endangering a million or more civilians who want to return home following the end of three years of Islamic State occupation, a U.N. demining expert said …
U.N. mediator warns of ‘violent, worrying, dangerous’ moment in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Syria peace mediator warned on Wednesday that a recent increase in violence has created one of the most dangerous moments in years of civil war there, as the government bombards rebel areas and foreign powers further…
Muslim leader urges Macron not to meddle too much in French Islam
PARIS (Reuters) – A leading representative of French Muslims urged Emmanuel Macron not to meddle in the organization of France’s second-largest religion, days after the president said he would try to redefine relations between Islam and the state.
U.S. tells NATO allies spending plans still falling short
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense secretary told European allies on Wednesday to step up efforts to increase military budgets and warned that troop contributions to missions did not exempt them from broader spending goals, offi…
No prospect of deal to restore Northern Ireland executive: DUP leader
BELFAST (Reuters) – There is no prospect of Northern Ireland’s main parties agreeing to restore devolved government, the leader of the largest unionist party said on Wednesday, calling on Britain to take further financial control of the province.
