At least eight killed, 15 injured in Guatemala bus crash
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed and 15 were seriously injured in Guatemala when a minibus came off the edge of a road and plunged down a ravine, an emergency services official said on Wednesday.
Australia Day or Invasion Day? Thousands plan to protest
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Australians plan to mark Australia Day, Jan. 26, with mass protests, demanding the date of the national holiday be changed given its links to colonization and the ill-treatment of indigenous Aborigines.
Aid groups slam U.S. for withholding Palestinian refugee funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of 21 humanitarian aid groups wrote to the Trump administration on Wednesday to object “in the strongest terms” to a decision to withhold $65 million in planned U.S. contributions to the United Nations agency that ser…
UK’s May seeks to harness investor power in fight against online extremism
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors should use their financial clout to force internet firms into taking more responsibility for stopping militants and pedophiles using their platforms, British Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Thursday.
North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea sent a rare announcement addressed to “all Koreans at home and abroad” on Thursday, saying they should make a “breakthrough” for unification without the help of other countries, its state media said.
Four U.S. citizens killed in Jan. 20 attack on Kabul hotel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four U.S. citizens were killed and two injured in Saturday’s attack by the Taliban on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
Lula’s Brazil presidential run in doubt after conviction upheld
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – A Brazilian appeals court unanimously upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and added to his sentence, a major blow to the popular politician’s plans to run again fo…
U.N. alarmed at reports of summary executions in Libya’s Benghazi
TUNIS (Reuters) – The United Nations Libya mission said it was alarmed by reports of “brutal and outrageous summary executions” in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, after pictures emerged appearing to show at least nine people being shot dead …
In Davos, Gulf Arabs slam an absent Iran
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Gulf Arab officials used the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday to slam Iran for what they said was its destabilizing behavior in the region, taking advantage of Tehran’s conspicuous absence at the annual event.
Moscow denies Russian, Syrian government forces behind chemical attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia denied accusations that Moscow and Syrian governmental forces were behind a chemical attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Jan. 22, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in statement on Wednesday, adding that the attack itself has not been confirmed.
