Colleague of slain Honduran activist Berta Caceres is shot dead
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A colleague of Berta Caceres, the award-winning Honduran environmental rights activist murdered earlier this month, has also been killed, an indigenous rights group and police said on Wednesday.
Aid agencies call for full access in Syria as conflict enters sixth year
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Humanitarian agencies demanded unconditional access to all communities in Syria as Russia continued on Wednesday to withdraw its military forces from the country.
Obama slaps new sanctions on North Korea after tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama imposed sweeping new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday intended to further isolate the country’s leadership after recent actions by Pyongyang that have been seen by Washington and its allies as provocat…
Murdered Venezuelan miners were mainly shot in head: prosecutor
CARACAS (Reuters) – Seventeen miners murdered near a gold deposit were mainly shot in the head, and four suspects have been arrested so far in a case that has shocked Venezuela, the chief state prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Russia’s Putin says will meet Israeli PM Netanyahu soon
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday he had agreed to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon to discuss the security situation in the Middle East.
EU’s Turkey migration deal hinges on Cyprus: Tusk
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union warned on Wednesday that a deal with Turkey to curb mass migration to Europe hinges on Ankara acting to support peace talks in EU member Cyprus.
Iraq says three missing after Air Force plane crashes near Kirkuk
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi Air Force plane crashed on Wednesday northwest of the oil city of Kirkuk and its two pilots and a third member of the crew are missing, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
Jailed Niger opposition leader flown to Paris for medical treatment
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Jailed Niger opposition leader Hama Amadou was flown to Paris for medical treatment on Wednesday, days before he is due to face a run-off election against President Mahamadou Issoufou.
Desperate migrants’ hopes fade ahead of EU leaders’ meeting
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Refugees stuck at the closed border crossing between Greece and Macedonia have little hope that a summit of EU leaders on the migrant crisis this week will lead to any improvement in their desperate plight.
North Korea sentences U.S. student to hard labor; Washington condemns punishment
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s supreme court sentenced American student Otto Warmbier, who was arrested while visiting the country, to 15 years of hard labor on Wednesday for crimes against the state, a punishment Washington condemned as politically m…
