Israel cuts jail term of soldier who killed prone Palestinian assailant
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s military on Wednesday reduced by four months the 18-month jail term of an ex-soldier who killed an incapacitated Palestinian assailant, saying his service record warranted clemency though he showed no remorse in the case….
Disclose your donors, South African court tells political parties
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s political parties should be required to disclose the source of their funding, a court ruled on Wednesday, potentially exposing the patronage networks that have influenced power in the two decades since apartheid….
Government will take over burnt Myanmar land: minister
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s government will manage the redevelopment of villages torched during violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, a minister was reported on Wednesday as saying.
Eating leaves to survive in Myanmar’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ zone
MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – Along the main road that stretches nearly 40 kilometers north from Maungdaw town in Myanmar’s violence-riven Rakhine State, all but one of the villages that were once home to tens of thousands of people have been turned in…
Merkel welcomes ‘a lot of material’ from Macron for EU reform debate
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on European Union reform, which contained “a lot of material” for necessary debate on the issue, her spokesman said.
Mattis arrives in Afghanistan as rockets hit Kabul airport
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Kabul on Wednesday to pledge support for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, with the precarious security in the Afghan capital underlined by an attack on the airport hours after he touc…
UK counter-terrorism police arrest woman under official secrets act
LONDON (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism police said they had arrested a woman on Wednesday under the Official Secrets Act.
Eating leaves to survive in Myanmar’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ zone
MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – Along the main road that stretches nearly 40 kilometers north from Maungdaw town in Myanmar’s violence-riven Rakhine State, all but one of the villages that were once home to tens of thousands of people have been turned in…
Saudi women rejoice at end of driving ban long backed by clerics
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian women awoke to news of a royal decree permitting them to drive starting next year – and some were already behind the wheel on Wednesday, even though licenses will not be issued for nine months.
Fewer babies born in Singapore last year despite incentives
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Fewer babies were born in Singapore last year, according to statistics announced on Wednesday, despite generous government incentives to boost fertility in the city-state.
