Biden urges ‘unified, federal and democratic Iraq’ to Abadi, Barzani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made separate calls on Monday to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani to underscore the need for cooperation amid the country’s political crisis, the Wh…
Condemned to ‘private prison’: the Brazilian women subjected to secret abuse
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When the teenager from Brazil’s remote northeast began a new life in Rio de Janeiro ten years ago, she never imagined she would spend some of those years locked away in her own home.
Yemen truce strained by reports of air strikes and fighting
ADEN (Reuters) – A truce aimed at ending more than a year of war in Yemen appeared to be largely holding on Monday, although residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country.
Syrian army sends reinforcements to Aleppo
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army was on Monday reported to be sending reinforcements to Aleppo, where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile truce in the run-up to the next round of peace talks.
Pirates kidnap six Turkish crew from ship off Nigeria’s coast, navy says
LAGOS (Reuters) – Six Turkish members of a cargo ship’s crew have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, a spokesman for the Nigerian navy said on Monday.
Cubans embrace the English language as Cold War enmity fades
HAVANA (Reuters) – Gilberto Gonzalez learned Russian at a school in Havana at the height of the Cold War when the Soviet Union was Cuba’s closest ally, but 30 years later he’s rusty and remembers little more than, ‘da,’ and ‘nyet.’
U.S. urges Ukraine to quickly approve reform-minded cabinet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States urged Ukraine’s parliament on Monday to quickly approve a new cabinet that backed political and economic reforms, especially a loan program backed by the International Monetary Fund.
U.N. lifts secrecy in race for next chief, but backroom deal may still prevail
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – In a departure from 70 years of secrecy, candidates for United Nations secretary-general will this week make campaign-style pitches to the General Assembly as it hopes to influence the private Security Council poll that picks…
U.N. says food situation in Iraq’s Falluja extremely worrying
GENEVA (Reuters) – The food situation for 60,000 civilians trapped in the besieged Iraqi city of Falluja is extremely worrying and likely to deteriorate unless aid gets into the city, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Monday.
Turkey retaliates after rockets from Syria hit border town, official says
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish army on Monday shelled sites in northern Syria in response to cross-border rocket fire that hit a Turkish town and wounded several people, a government official said.
