Rwandan police kill man described as terrorism suspect after shootout
KIGALI (Reuters) – A Rwandan man described as a “terror suspect” was shot dead in the capital Kigali late on Wednesday after a three-hour shootout with police, a police statement said.
Venezuela crushes 2,000 guns in public, plans registry of bullets
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world’s most crime-ridden co…
South Sudan opposition leader has left country to escape govt forces: spokesman
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s former vice president and opposition leader Riek Machar has left the country to escape government forces who were pursuing him since he withdrew from the capital during fierce fighting over a month ago, his spokesman said…
Britain needs new race strategy as report shows ‘entrenched’ unfairness
LONDON (Reuters) – Ethnic minorities face “entrenched and far-reaching” inequality and, combined with a rise in hate crime since Britain voted to leave the European Union, the government must come up with a long-term strategy, an independent report sai…
Syrian refugees in discarded holiday homes dream of anything but Greece
MYRSINI, Greece (Reuters) – A small house close to the beach in western Greece is replete with a small rose garden, flowers in a vase, a thatched roof and a kennel, all created by its newly arrived refugee occupants.
Australian state leader offers to house stranded asylum seekers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The premier of Western Australia state, a member of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberal Party, has offered to accept refugees from Australian-funded detention centres amid growing concern about conditions for the 1,350 people h…
Japan’s PM Abe considering visiting Cuba next month: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Cuba next month to strengthen ties and promote Japanese investments there, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, but the foreign ministry said no such plan was being made.
Australia, Hanoi at odds over 50th anniversary of Vietnam War battle
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a Vietnam War battle has soured into a diplomatic spat after the Vietnamese government restricted access to the site at Long Tan.
Haiti to fund $55-million new try at elections after results scrapped
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti said on Wednesday it would spend $55 million on a new election after the results of the last vote were scrapped, with most of the money to be drawn from the poor Caribbean nation’s own coffers as foreign donors are relu…
Two-thirds of Colombians to back potential peace deal in vote: poll
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian voters will back a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels in a plebiscite, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday, in encouraging news for President Juan Manuel Santos, who wants voters to ratify an end to more tha…
