May says won’t trigger EU divorce until UK-wide approach agreed
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that Britain would not trigger formal divorce talks with the European Union until a “UK approach” had been agreed, bidding to appease Scots who strongly oppose Brexit.
UK jails former airman, Libya fighter for involvement in Syria war
LONDON (Reuters) – A former member of Britain’s air force and a wheelchair-bound man who fought against Muammar Gaddafi during the 2011 uprising were sentenced by a British court to nine years in jail for terrorist offences related to the Syrian war, p…
Paris attacks suspect refused end to 24/7 jail cell surveillance
PARIS (Reuters) – A French judge on Friday rejected a demand that jail guards stop round-the-clock video surveillance of the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last November.
Suspected Congo yellow fever cases up 38 percent in last three weeks: WHO
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The number of suspected yellow fever cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has jumped 38 percent in the last three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as health officials prepare to launch a vaccination c…
Bulgarian prosecutors indict two men on terrorist charges over Burgas bus bombing
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian prosecutors have indicted Meliad Farah and Hassan El Hajj Hassan with terrorism for their alleged involvement as accomplices in a bombing that killed five Israeli tourists at Burgas airport in Bulgaria in 2012, prosecutors s…
South African prosecutors challenge bid to reinstate Zuma graft charges
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s state prosecutor said on Friday it would go to the top court to challenge a ruling reinstating corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma – drawing accusations from the opposition of a cover-up.
U.S. investigations expose fraud, bribery in Syrian aid response
ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. investigations have exposed bribery and fraud in Syrian aid programs, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said, raising concern about profiteering in the humanitarian sector.
Bosnian Serbs defy top court with referendum on Statehood Day
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Bosnia’s Serbs said on Friday they would hold a referendum to set their Statehood Day on the divisive date of Jan. 9 – putting them on a collision course with the top court and other groups who say the celebration and its…
Syrian refugees welcomed in recession-hit Brazil but face tough times
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Hanan Dacka fled the civil war in Syria with her family to start a new life in Brazil, the idea that she might one day carry the Olympic torch was beyond the stretch of anyone’s imagination.
China tells Japan to stop interfering in South China Sea
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday that his country should stop interfering and hyping up the South China Sea issue, as the dispute took center stage at a key regional summit in Mongolia…
