Winnie Mandela recuperating at home after back surgery
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of the late Nelson Mandela, has been released from hospital after undergoing surgery on her back, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
Brazil prosecutors charge Rousseff campaign strategist
CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors have filed unspecified charges against political strategist Joao Santana, the architect of President Dilma Rousseff’s 2010 and 2014 campaigns, according to a statement delivered before a news conferenc…
Fragile economy forces Iran’s top leaders to form alliance
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have sharply ideological differences but the fragility of Iran’s economy has forced them into an uneasy alliance at least for the time being.
Hackers leak stolen Kenyan foreign ministry documents
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Online activists who claim ties to Anonymous said on Thursday they had begun to leak documents from Kenya’s foreign ministry as part of a campaign to expose government and corporate corruption across Africa.
Boost education to cut child labor on Ivory Coast cocoa farms: charity
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Building schools and educating children is the best way to stamp out child labor on Ivory Coast cocoa farms, a charity working in the world’s largest cocoa producer said on Thursday.
Tough standards for Turks’ visa-free travel: EU’s Timmermans
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The deputy head of the European Commission insisted on Thursday that the EU executive would not lower its standards to offer visa-free travel to Turks in exchange for Turkey’s help in preventing migrants reaching Europe from its sh…
Spooked by Russia, Lithuania spares no money for defense
PABRADE TRAINING AREA, Lithuania (Reuters) – The town doesn’t have a name yet, but its buildings are nearly finished and its roads are all laid out. Yet nobody will ever call it home.
U.N. council removes 12-year-old arms embargo on Ivory Coast
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council lifted a 12-year-old arms embargo on Ivory Coast on Thursday and renewed the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African state for a final year.
Turkish military kills 11 Islamic State militants in northern Syria: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s military returned fire on Islamic State positions in northern Syria on Thursday, killing 11 members of the militant group, military sources said.
Vatican saw surge of suspicious financial activity reports in 2015
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican received 544 reports of suspicious financial activity in 2015, nearly four times more than the year before, its financial watchdog said on Thursday, putting the increase down to better compliance, not more crime.
