Netanyahu ‘ethnic cleansing’ comment against Palestinians draws U.S. rebuke
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said the Palestinians wanted to form a state devoid of a Jewish population and termed it “ethnic cleansing”, drawing sharp criticism from the United States.
Violent extremist groups take special aim at women, U.N. official says
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Armed extremist and fundamentalist groups worldwide are increasingly eroding women’s rights and undermining gains made in gender equality in recent years, the head of U.N. Women said on Friday.
Informants admit lying during U.S. probe of Venezuela first lady’s nephews
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A father-son team of informants testified on Friday that they repeatedly lied to U.S. investigators in order to secretly traffic drugs, even while they were working on a narcotics probe of two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady.
Arrested French women, directed by Islamic State, planned Paris attack
PARIS (Reuters) – Three French women arrested after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral were planning to attack a Paris railway station under the direction of Islamic State, French officials said on Friday.
Venezuelans revel in pots-and-pans protests after Maduro humiliation
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – For over a decade, Venezuelan opposition supporters would clang pots and pans on balconies of middle-class apartments to protest late leader Hugo Chavez’s self-styled “21st century socialism.”
After Boko Haram, Nigerians return home to perilous northeast: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram in northeast Borno State have returned to devastated towns and villages in recent days after the army seized back the militant group’s last remaining strongholds, said the …
Austria says wrong if Germany, Italy, France dominate Brexit debate
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Germany, France and Italy should not be allowed to dictate the European Union’s response to Britain’s planned exit from the bloc, Austria’s finance minister said, adding he was surprised how relaxed the EU response to the vote ha…
Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria’s besieged Aleppo
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Even if it were somehow possible to escape eastern Aleppo, Abdullah Shiyani, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a doctor, says he wouldn’t leave. It would mean leaving behind too many people who need help.
Iranian court jails British-Iranian aid worker for five years: family
(Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary court has sentenced Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to five years in prison on charges that remain secret, her family said on Friday.
Portugal’s Guterres still leads race for U.N. chief after fourth ballot
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres still leads the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a fourth U.N. Security Council secret ballot on Friday, diplomats said.
