Yemeni tennis hopeful crosses war zone to compete
DOHA (Reuters) – Stepping onto a floodlit tennis court in Qatar last week, 13-year-old Alhassan Ishaq tried to steady his nerves.
Syria sanctions indirectly hit children’s cancer treatment
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – In the cancer ward at Damascus Children’s Hospital, doctors are struggling with a critical shortage of specialist drugs to treat their young patients – and it’s not just due to the general chaos of the Syrian civil war.
Philippine lawmakers lose key posts after opposing death penalty
MANILA (Reuters) – Eleven Philippine legislators who voted against a bill to re-introduce capital punishment lost key posts in the country’s Congress on Wednesday, in an apparent follow through of a threat by the house speaker to purge obstacles to the…
Nothing to see but comfort for Xi at China’s annual parliament
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s annual parliament followed a tight script with no surprises and little drama, evidence of President Xi Jinping’s ever firmer grip ahead of a party congress later this year that could bring more of his allies into the top lea…
Germany very concerned about developments in eastern Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government on Tuesday said it is very concerned about recent developments in eastern Ukraine and called on both Moscow and Kiev to work against what it called “increasing partitionist tendencies” in the embattled region.
Second bomb attack hits Damascus: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A second bomb attack hit the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday in an area to the west of an earlier suicide attack, state media said.
Pope says closing firms without protecting workers ‘very grave sin’
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Managers who close businesses, shut factories or restructure firms without fully considering the impact on workers and their families are committing a “very grave sin”, Pope Francis said on Wednesday.
Package found at German finance ministry contained explosives: police
BERLIN (Reuters) – A suspicious package found at the German Finance Ministry in Berlin on Wednesday contained explosives, police said, adding that the item was found in an area where mail is processed.
After EU headscarf ruling, UK PM May says government should not tell women what to wear
LONDON (Reuters) – It is not right for government to tell women what to wear, British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday, after the European Union’s top court ruled that companies may ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves under certain c…
Moldova sees Russian plot to derail money-laundering probe
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Two months ago, Moldova’s Deputy General Prosecutor Iurie Garaba traveled to Moscow with an invitation to attend an official function for Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Day.
