U.S. transfers Guantanamo detainee to Montenegro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Yemeni man who had been held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo for 14 years has been transferred to Montenegro, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama pushes to close the facility before leaving offic…
Four murders and a bloody battle for land rights in Thailand
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Supot Kalasong was driving home one afternoon in April when he heard a bang and assumed he had blown his newly-patched tyre.
China gets another graft suspect back, to launch more probes
BEIJING (Reuters) – A woman on China’s list of 100 most wanted corruption suspects abroad has voluntarily returned to China from Australia, the government said, while Beijing also announced a new list of departments to be visited by graft inspectors.
U.S. envoy talks with Venezuela President Maduro amid crisis
CARACAS (Reuters) – Veteran U.S. diplomat Tom Shannon spoke for nearly two hours with Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday to re-start relations between the ideologically opposed governments amid a punishing economic crisis in the South Amer…
On eve of defining British EU referendum, rivals race for final votes
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron and his eurosceptic opponents made final pitches for wavering voters on Wednesday on the eve of a defining referendum on European Union membership with the outcome still too close to call.
Afghanistan’s dwindling Sikh, Hindu communities flee new abuses
KABUL (Reuters) – On a bright day in downtown Kabul, Jagtar Singh Laghmani was in his traditional herb shop when a man turned up, drew a knife and told him to convert to Islam or he would cut his throat. Only bystanders and other shopkeepers saved his …
As election looms, far right targets small town Australia
BATHURST, Australia (Reuters) – Kirralie Smith, the political activist helping drive Australia’s newest and arguably best organized far right party, addresses the small crowd with her hands open, arms extended over the lectern, as if reaching out for c…
Brazil speaker Cunha indicted for money laundering, currency dealing
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday indicted suspended speaker of the lower house Eduardo Cunha on charges of money laundering and illegal currency dealing, dragging the powerful politician further into the sweeping scandal involvi…
U.S. warns China against provocations once court rules on sea claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States warned China on Wednesday against taking “additional provocative actions” following an impending international court ruling on the South China Sea that is expected to largely reject Beijing’s broad territorial c…
Steely will seen behind Kim’s push for North Korea weapons that work
SEOUL (Reuters) – Images in March of a smiling Kim Jong Un inspecting a silver sphere, purported to be a miniaturized nuclear warhead but likened in the media to a disco ball, burnished the North Korean leader’s international image as deluded and reck…
