British lawmaker shot dead, EU referendum campaigns suspended
BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) – A British member of parliament was shot dead in the street on Thursday, causing deep shock across Britain and the suspension of campaigning for next week’s referendum on the country’s EU membership.
Japan court upholds injunction to halt reactors in blow to nuclear power industry
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese court on Friday upheld an order to keep two reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant closed, operator Kansai Electric Power said, leaving efforts to get a struggling nuclear industry up and running in limbo.
U.S. Navy lifts temporary drinking ban on its sailors in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy lifted a temporary drinking ban on its 18,600 sailors in Japan on Friday after a senior officer said personnel had shown they understand how alcohol-fueled bad behavior can damage relations with the Japanese community.
‘I felt liberated’: life after Islamic State
AM ADASA, Syria (Reuters) – When U.S.-backed forces seized Souad Hamidi’s village in northern Syria from Islamic State last week, the 19-year-old swiftly tore off the niqab she had been forced to wear since 2014 and smiled.
Peru prosecutor says Chavez, Brazil firms may have funded Humala
LIMA (Reuters) – A Peruvian prosecutor said Thursday that late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and two Brazilian construction companies may have bankrolled President Ollanta Humala’s campaigns before he took office in 2011.
Obama to meet Saudi deputy crown prince on Friday: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince on Friday and the two are expected to discuss conflicts in the Middle East including the campaign against Islamic State, a White House spokesm…
Black box from crashed EgyptAir plane retrieved
CAIRO (Reuters) – Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 on Thursday in a breakthrough for investigators seeking to explain what caused the plane to plunge into the sea, killing all 66 people on board.
U.N. names states not keeping pledges from Obama peacekeeping summit
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Most of the 47 countries that pledged support to U.N. peacekeeping at a summit led by U.S. President Barack Obama have taken steps to lock in the commitments, according to a draft report seen by Reuters, but several of them -…
Lord’s Resistance Army rebels kidnap 17 in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Lords Resistance Army rebels have kidnapped 17 people from a village in eastern Central African Republic, a senior local official said on Thursday.
In Manila, police welcome arrival of president Duterte
MANILA (Reuters) – For Manila’s struggling police, the June 30 inauguration of Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte cannot come soon enough.
