U.N. says 82 aid workers killed in South Sudan’s three-year war
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A United Nations official said on Wednesday 82 aid workers had been killed in South Sudan’s civil war and the number of its citizens displaced by the fighting now stands at 3.5 million.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian who rammed West Bank bus stop: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian driver who rammed his car into a bus stop in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday injuring a pedestrian, the army and a hospital spokesman said.
Russia detains brother of suspected metro bombing organizer: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB state security service said on Wednesday it had detained the brother of the man suspected of orchestrating a bomb attack which killed 14 people on the St Petersburg metro this month, TASS news agency reported.
Indonesian president faces twin threats from Jakarta poll
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The thumping win by Anies Baswedan in the bitterly fought election for Jakarta governor signals twin threats to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo – from rising Islamism and the renewed clout of Indonesia’s old political and business elites.
France says to provide proof on Syria government chemical weapons use
PARIS (Reuters) – French intelligence services will provide proof in the coming days that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces used chemical weapons in an attack on April 4, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday.
U.N. court orders Russia to halt discrimination of Crimean Tartar minority
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The highest United Nations court on Wednesday ordered Russia to halt discrimination of ethnic Crimean Tartars, handing down an interim ruling in a dispute in which Ukraine is seeking to stop what is says is Moscow’s support for se…
Russia denies media report it understated Syrian battle death toll
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry on Wednesday dismissed as false a Reuters report which said Russia had understated the number of its servicemen and private contractors killed during a period of intense fighting to retake the city of Pal…
Philippine senator calls for probe into police cash-for-kill claim
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine senator called for a probe on Wednesday into allegations by senior officers in a Reuters report that police received cash rewards for executing drug suspects, while a police spokesman challenged the claims but said they …
On freight trains, migrants in Greece seek new routes north
THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) – It was Mohamed Khaleuf’s third attempt to cross the Greek-Macedonian border hiding in a freight train and he had no plans to give up trying.
World Bank ready to help Venezuela if asked: Latam chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank Group stands ready to assist Venezuela, a member and shareholder of the institution, if the government asks for help in dealing with a punishing economic crisis, the bank’s top executive for Latin America said.
