U.S. sanctions Myanmar general, others over rights abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 52 people and entities for alleged human rights violations and corruption, including Myanmar general Maung Maung Soe, who oversaw a brutal crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim m…
Peru’s president tells Congress democracy at stake if ousts him
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told lawmakers that the future of the country’s young democracy could suffer if the opposition’s bid to force him from power succeeds on Thursday, strenuously denying allegations of wrongdoing ahe…
U.N. mulls new North Korea sanctions, could vote Friday: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution seeks to ban nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum product exports to North Korea and the repatriation of North Koreans working abroad, according to the text seen by …
U.N. war crimes court that prosecuted Milosevic closes doors
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. war crimes court that prosecuted atrocities committed during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and put former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic on trial, closed its doors on Thursday after two decades.
Myanmar says two Reuters journalists remanded in custody
YANGON (Reuters) – The two Reuters journalists who were detained in Myanmar on Dec. 12 have appeared in court and been remanded in custody, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
Yazidi sisters reunited after three years in Islamic State captivity
SHARYA, Iraq (Reuters) – When Rosa, now 14, asked her Islamic State captors about her younger sisters Bushra, 12, and Suhayla, seven, she was told they had been killed for misbehaving.
British PM May says Russia trying to weaponize information
WARSAW (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that Britain and Poland are concerned about Russian attempts to weaponise information.
A hard knock life for London’s rough sleepers
LONDON (Reuters) – Outside London’s Piccadilly theater where tickets cost up to 110 pounds and a banner advertising the musical “Annie” reads “It’s a hard knock life”, Bryan and Kevin sleep in small tents on the street.
Moment of truth for independence drive as divided Catalonia votes
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Voters in a deeply divided Catalonia flocked to the polls on Thursday with support for its separatist and unionist camps running neck-and-neck, leaving prospects of an end to Spain’s worst political crisis in decades looking slim….
Pope says foes make reforming Vatican as hard as cleaning Sphinx with toothbrush
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis issued a stinging new critique of the Vatican’s top administration on Thursday, saying “traitors” stood in the way of his reforms and made any change as hard as cleaning Egypt’s Sphinx “with a toothbrush”.
