Gunmen kill two Afghan women contractors at air base near Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Two Afghan women working for a security firm searching people entering Bagram air base near the Afghan capital Kabul were killed on Wednesday and two others wounded by unknown gunmen, officials said.
Gang convicted of sex offences against vulnerable girls in England
LONDON (Reuters) – A gang of 18 people has been found guilty of trafficking and sexually abusing vulnerable teenage girls and young women for several years in northern England, prosecutors said on Wednesday, in the latest shocking case of its kind in B…
German police find migrants hiding on train near Austrian border
RAUBLING, Germany (Reuters) – German police found a group of 12 shivering migrants hiding on a freight train near the Austrian border on Wednesday and an officer said the number caught trying to enter Germany illegally was on the rise in the region.
Investigation of German helicopter in Mali could take months: ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) – German investigators may need months to determine what caused an Airbus military helicopter to crash during a peacekeeping mission in Mali, killing both crew members, defense ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff said on Wednesday.
Long wait for captive Yazidis’ return spent rebuilding shrine in Iraq’s Bashiqa
BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) – Yazidi men and boys in the town of Bashiqa north east of Mosul are rebuilding a shrine destroyed by Islamic State as they wait for the return of women from their community taken captive years ago by the jihadists.
UK says EU offers restricted post-Brexit residency rights to Britons
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union has proposed that Britons living in the bloc after Brexit will only have the right to stay in the country where they are resident when Britain leaves, Brexit minister David Davis said in a letter on Wednesday.
Iranian president names three women to government posts after criticism
(Reuters) – Iranian president Hassan Rouhani appointed two women vice-presidents on Wednesday, but made no changes to an all-male list of cabinet ministers criticized by reformists for its lack of female representation.
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe plans $1 billion Robert Mugabe university
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government plans to build a $1 billion university named after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, the higher education minister said on Wednesday, a move that was quickly criticized by the opposition as a wa…
U.S. slaps new sanctions on Venezuela, fugitive mayor defiant
CARACAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington imposed sanctions on eight Venezuelan officials on Wednesday for their role in creating an all-powerful legislative body loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, while a mayor-turned-fugitive called for more anti-gov…
Qatar waives visas for 80 nationalities amid Gulf boycott
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar announced on Wednesday a program to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors.
