Backlash among German MPs against parliamentary Twitter ban
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers have protested after Wolfgang Schaeuble, the new president of the Bundestag, announced a ban on sending tweets from inside the parliament chamber.
Libyan government says investigating migrant ‘slave market’ reports
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s U.N.-backed government said on Thursday it was investigating reports of African migrants being sold as slaves and promised to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Three Georgian military personnel wounded in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Three Georgian military personnel serving with the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan were lightly wounded when their vehicle was attacked near an airbase north of the capital Kabul, officials said.
Russia likely to reduce troops in Syria before year-end: military chief
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The size of Russia’s military force in Syria is likely to be significantly reduced and a drawdown could start before the end of the year, the chief of the Russian military general staff said on Thursday.
North Korea’s wounded defector ‘nice guy’, says surgeon
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s latest defector, a young soldier known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who has nightmares about being returned to the North, his surgeon said on Thursday.
Possible explosion detected near missing Argentine sub’s last known location
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – The Argentine navy raised the possibility on Thursday that a navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic suffered an explosion, heightening concerns over the fate of the 44 crew members.
Pope, at service for Africa, decries murder of women and children
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the murder of innocent women and children as the “horrid face” of war as he presided at a special prayer service for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Macron tones down criticism of Poland, but concerned by its judicial reform plans
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that Poland’s plans to overhaul the judiciary remained a cause for concern though there were a decreasing number of subjects where the two countries did not see eye-to-eye.
Venezuela’s indigenous Warao decamp to uncertain future in Brazil
PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) – An indigenous tribe that journeyed hundreds of kilometers to flee the economic crisis in Venezuela has been trapped in limbo near the border in Brazil, after it was moved off the streets of the Amazon city of Manaus.
Forty human traffickers arrested, 500 people rescued in West Africa
PARIS (Reuters) – Forty people were arrested and 500 people rescued after a swoop on human trafficking across West Africa, international police organization Interpol said on Thursday.
