Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes north of Ascension Island: USGS
(Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 struck on Friday in the South Atlantic Ocean about 790 km (490 miles) north of Ascension Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
‘Guardian angel’ need for advisers in Afghanistan drives call for more troops
KABUL (Reuters) – Navigating a chaotic maze of cars and people, the convoy of British army armored vehicles weaves slowly through Kabul. The job of about a dozen soldiers is to protect just two international advisers on their way to meet Afghan soldier…
Venezuela’s new chief prosecutor vows to jail protest leaders
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will hunt down and jail leaders of violent protests that have rocked the country since April, its new top prosecutor said on Thursday, a day before a hate crimes law was expected to be approved despite fears that it will b…
El Salvador scraps controversial law allowing pregnant minors to wed
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to abolish a controversial, 23-year-old law that allowed men to marry underage girls they had impregnated, a practice that critics charged protected sexual assailants from cri…
East Libyan forces say have arrested commander sought by ICC
BENGAHZI, Libya (Reuters) – Security forces in eastern Libya said on Thursday they had arrested the commander of an elite forces unit who is sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly executing dozens of prisoners.
Exclusive: Lee Kuan Yew’s grandson left Singapore because friends feared he would be detained
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A grandson of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s late founding father and ruler for more than three decades, said he left the city state in July after friends expressed concerns he might be detained by the authorities in a contempt of court case.
Iran denies appeal of jailed Princeton student: university
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have denied the appeal of a Princeton University student who had been convicted on espionage charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison, the university and his wife said on Thursday.
Hundreds of mudslide victims buried in Sierra Leone, search for hundreds missing goes on
FREETOWN, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Burials began on Thursday for 300 people killed in Sierra Leone’s mudslide while the search for hundreds of others missing..
Saudi Arabia installing cranes at Yemen ports to boost aid delivery
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was installing four cranes at three ports in Yemen to help boost humanitarian aid deliveries and was ready to assist with installing cranes at the key port of Hodeidah once it was under contro…
U.S. soldier killed in Afghan blast, 20 U.S., Afghan troops wounded
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – One U.S. soldier was killed and around 20 U.S. and Afghan troops were wounded during a push against Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday, as Washington wrestled with a months-long de…
