India orders panic button on mobile phones amid women’s safety fears
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – All mobile phones sold in India from January 2017 must have a panic button enabling the user to call for help, the government has said, amid concern for women’s safety after a series of violent crimes in recent yea…
After 27 years, police blamed for UK’s Hillsborough soccer stadium tragedy
WARRINGTON, England (Reuters) – Police were responsible for the deaths of 96 Liverpool soccer fans in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush, a jury concluded on Tuesday after two years of hearings into Britain’s worst sporting disaster.
North Korea says needs ‘powerful nuclear deterrence’ to counter U.S. hostility
(Reuters) – North Korea needs a “powerful nuclear deterrence” to counter U.S. hostility and threats, the foreign ministry was quoted by the state news agency KCNA as saying on Tuesday.
Six Turkish crew freed two weeks after kidnap by pirates off Nigeria: lawyer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Six Turkish members of a cargo ship’s crew kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria just over two weeks ago have been released and are safely back in Istanbul, their shipping company’s lawyer said on Tuesday.
South Sudan’s Machar sworn in as VP, president calls for reconciliation
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president on Tuesday, hours after he returned to the capital of Juba for the first time since conflict erupted more than two years ago.
Aleppo death toll mounts; rescue workers killed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Attacks by government forces and rebels killed at least 30 people, including eight children, in the last 24 hours in Aleppo, a city seeing some of the worst of a renewed escalation in the Syrian war, a monitoring group said.
Russia supplying S-300 missiles to Iran ahead of schedule: official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is supplying its S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran ahead of schedule and is now in talks with the Islamic Republic on deliveries of other military equipment, the head of Russia’s federal arms exports service, FSVTS, sa…
Norway to appeal prison condition verdict for mass killer Breivik
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway does not agree that prison conditions for mass killer Anders Behring Breivik violate his human rights and will appeal an Oslo court’s finding that they do, Justice Minister Anders Anundsen said on Tuesday.
France beats rival bidders to $40 billion Australian submarine deal
SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) – France has beaten Japan and Germany to win a A$50 billion ($40 billion) deal to build a fleet of 12 submarines for Australia, one of the world’s most lucrative defense contracts, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull annou…
Nepal’s quake-hit Tibetan nuns rebuild homes – and faith
CHAKHAM, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It is the first time Nawang Tsultrim has harbored any sense of hope in a year.
