Swiss panel finds no evidence of secret 1970s deal with PLO
ZURICH (Reuters) – A Swiss investigation has found no evidence that a former government minister struck a secret deal offering diplomatic assistance to the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1970 in exchange for the PLO halting attacks on Swiss targe…
U.N. investigators tell states to stop Syria war crimes
GENEVA (Reuters) – States backing Syria’s peace process must stop the warring parties from attacking unlawful targets such as hospitals and other civilian sites, U.N. war crimes investigators said in a statement on Wednesday.
Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader for rape and genocide in 1971 war
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh hanged an Islamist party leader, Motiur Rahman Nizami, on Wednesday for genocide and other crimes committed during a 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, drawing an angry reaction but no immediate violence from his suppo…
In remote corner of Iraq, an unlikely alliance forms against Islamic State
UMM Al-DHIBAN, Iraq (Reuters) – They share little more than an enemy and struggle to communicate on the battlefield, but together two relatively obscure groups have opened up a new front against Islamic State militants in a remote corner of Iraq.
Four Indonesians held hostage in the Philippines freed
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo said on Wednesday four Indonesian sailors who had been held hostage in the southern Philippines have been released.
Colombia’s President Santos says peace deal with FARC in ‘very near future’
LONDON (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday his government hoped to conclude a peace deal with FARC rebels “in the very near future”.
London police investigating unattended item on bus, cordons in place
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that specialist officers were dealing with an unattended item found on board a bus in Hackney, northeast London, and cordons had been put in place while the item was assessed.
Kidnapped son of Pakistani ex-PM arrives home from Afghanistan
KABUL/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The son of a former Pakistani prime minister who was rescued by Afghan and U.S. forces from al Qaeda captors in Afghanistan arrived home to a rapturous welcome in Pakistan on Wednesday, three years after being kidnapp…
French finance minister admits to ‘inappropriate’ conduct towards female journalist
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Michel Sapin admitted on Wednesday to behaving inappropriately towards a female journalist, days after a sex scandal forced the resignation of the vice-president of the lower house of parliament.
Bangladesh refugee dies of heart failure on protest-hit Nauru
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi refugee died of heart failure on Nauru on Wednesday, Australian officials said, the second death in as many weeks on the tiny South Pacific island where detainees have been hurting themselves in protests.
