Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The death toll from a bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached at least 126 in the deadliest such incident in Syria in almost a year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Sunday.
Plaque commemorating Thai revolution removed, prompting outcry
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A plaque commemorating a 1932 coup in Thailand that saw absolute monarchy abolished and democracy established has gone missing, police in Bangkok said on Saturday, prompting outcry from pro-democracy activists.
Violence flares at Australian refugee facility in PNG
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Violence has flared at an Australian asylum-seeker detention center in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and shots were fired when local people tried to break into the center after an argument got out of hand, media and a rights group reported…
On Good Friday, Pope speaks of shame for Church and humanity
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis, presiding at a Good Friday service, asked God for forgiveness for scandals in the Catholic Church and for the “shame” of humanity becoming inured to daily scenes of bombed cities and drowning migrants.
U.N. rights expert praises Cuba social welfare system; hopes for more dialogue
HAVANA (Reuters) – A United Nations expert said on Friday she hoped her visit to Cuba would open the door to a more intense dialogue on human rights and praised the country’s social welfare system for reducing Cubans’ vulnerability to human trafficking…
More than 2,000 migrants rescued in dramatic day in Mediterranean
ROME (Reuters) – More than 2,000 migrants trying to reach Europe were plucked from the Mediterranean on Friday in a series of dramatic rescues and one person was found dead, officials and witnesses said.
Exclusive: With Nigeria’s northeast facing famine, WFP funds could dry up in weeks – sources
ABUJA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ World Food Programme could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living on the brink of famine in Nigeria, four people familiar with the matter said, intensifying one of the world’s largest humanitaria…
Dorm debate led to death in Pakistan ‘blasphemy killing’: witnesses
MARDAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The ransacked university hostel room of slain Pakistani student Mashal Khan has posters of Karl Marx and Che Guevara still hanging on the walls, along with scribbled quotes including one that reads: “Be curious, crazy and m…
Explosives used in Dortmund attack may have come from German military: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The explosives used in the attack on the bus of soccer team Borussia Dortmund may have come from supplies belonging to the German armed forces, a newspaper cited a source involved in the investigation as saying on Saturday.
German police arrest three suspected of helping plan Islamist attack: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have arrested three people on suspicion of helping a suspected Islamist militant prepare a bomb attack on police or soldiers, magazine Focus said on its website.
