Using clandestine tactics, Venezuela opposition gains ground with poor
CARACAS (Reuters) – While the streets of the affluent east of the Venezuelan capital Caracas overflowed with protesters during a recent anti-government march, no-one demonstrated in the west side’s 23 de Enero slum.
U.S.-backed forces seize Raqqa ruins; U.N. sees ‘dire’ situation
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian forces aiming to oust Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold Raqqa captured a ruined fortress on the edge of the city on Wednesday and a U.S. coalition official said the attack was set to accelerate.
U.S. says Syria bombing was legal; rights group disputes findings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military investigator said on Wednesday that a March 16 air strike near Aleppo, Syria, was a valid and legal attack on a meeting of al Qaeda fighters and did not kill dozens of civilians as reported, a finding disputed by …
Croatian liberals change mind and opt to join conservative-led government
ZAGREB (Reuters) – In a sudden political turnaround, the Croatian liberals decided on Wednesday to join a coalition with the ruling conservatives, just a day after saying they would not.
Head of U.S. missile defense says North Korea missile advances a ‘great concern’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral James Syring, said on Wednesday that technological advances demonstrated by North Korea in its ballistic missile program in the past six months had caused him “great conce…
Brazil court split over whether to accept new evidence in campaign
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court on Wednesday was split over whether to allow new evidence in plea-bargain testimony from construction company Odebrecht in an illegal campaign funding case that could lead to President Michel Temer leav…
UK police arrest two more men over Manchester attack
LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested two 20-year-old men in Manchester on Wednesday in connection with last month’s suicide bombing that killed 22 children and adults attending a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande, police said on Wednesday.
Funds shortage forces U.N. to cut emergency food aid for 400,000 in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has had to scale back plans for emergency feeding of 400,000 people in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria due to funding shortfalls, a top U.N. official said on Wednesday.
Italy police chief says conscience clear over Islamist attacker
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police followed the correct procedures in flagging one of the London attackers to their British counterparts, Italy’s senior policeman said on Wednesday, but he understands why the warning went unheeded.
Guns, bombs and pleas for peace: the drawings of Marawi children
PANTAR, Philippines (Reuters) – Children evacuated from the Philippines town of Marawi, where fighting has raged since Islamist militants seized it two weeks ago, are drawing pictures of their harrowing experiences as a form of therapy.
