Hiroshima survivors look to Obama visit for disarmament, not apology
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Japanese city hit by an American nuclear attack 71 years ago, survivors and o…
Two French soldiers die in Mali after vehicle hits mine
PARIS (Reuters) – Two French soldiers have died in Mali after their heavy armored vehicle hit a land mine, taking the number of people killed in the incident to three, French President Francois Hollande’s office said on Wednesday.
Iran president under scrutiny over juvenile executions
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The case presented by the Iranian judiciary was simple: In the southern province of Fars, Fatemeh Salbehi suffocated her husband after drugging him, a capital crime in the Islamic Republic.
Cuba loosens Communist control of some restaurant cooperatives
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba announced on Tuesday that some cooperatives offering food and other services will be able to buy supplies directly from government producers and wholesale outlets for the first time, part of a wider but so far cautiously impleme…
Brazil’s Rousseff decries conspiracy as impeachment advances
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday her vice president was orchestrating a conspiracy to topple her, as efforts to impeach the leftist leader gained momentum in Congress.
Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement.
Canada holds emergency debate over aboriginal suicide ‘tragedy’
OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian legislators told an emergency parliamentary session on Tuesday night that a rash of suicide attempts by aboriginal teenagers in a remote, poverty-stricken community was “completely unacceptable” and vowed …
UK would face tough choices after a Brexit vote: think tank
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will need to make choices on trade, labor laws and the environment that could be unpopular with voters if it wants to offset the hit to its economy from any decision to leave the European Union, a think tank said on Wednesday…
Palestinians say push for U.N. rebuke of Israel settlements aimed at peace
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A renewed Palestinian drive to persuade the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements is aimed at removing the biggest obstacle to peace and boosting French efforts to broker an agreement, the Palestinian U.N. envo…
Amnesty urges probe over allegation Nigerian army secretly buried Shi’ites
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Claims by a Kaduna state official that Nigeria’s military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority Shi’ite Muslim sect should be investigated and anyone suspected of wrongdoing put on trial, Amnest…
