Plight of 11-year-old mother in Uganda reignites calls to stop child marriage
KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As coordinator of a shelter for pregnant teenagers in central Uganda, Ritah Ssetumba has seen thousands of young girls struggling to cope with having a child but even she was shocked when an 11-year-old girl arriv…
For refugees eyeing Europe, a website separates fact from fiction
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Desperately seeking new lives, migrants traveling to Europe often hear lies and rumors such as promises of an escort across a forbidden border or offers of steady work that can steer them in the wrong direction a…
Peru could bar top two presidential candidates in vote buying probe
LIMA (Reuters) – The two leading candidates in Peru’s presidential campaign face the possibility of being tossed from the race with three weeks to go until the election in a contest that has already seen two others disqualified.
U.S. arrests Turkish businessman for scheme to evade Iran sanctions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish businessman has been arrested on U.S. charges that he and others engaged in hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions for the Iranian government or other entities as part of a scheme to evade sanctions against the c…
New U.S. base in Iraq draws more Islamic State fire, militia threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fledgling U.S. base in northern Iraq came under attack again on Monday from Islamic State and even drew a threat from an Iran-backed Shi’ite militia, two days after a U.S. Marine there was killed in a rocket attack.
Oppression of Rohingya in Myanmar is not genocide: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday it had determined that Myanmar is persecuting its Rohingya Muslims, but the government’s treatment of the minority group does not constitute genocide.
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford moved into palliative care: report
TORONTO (Reuters) – Rob Ford, the former mayor of Toronto who gained global notoriety for admitting to smoking crack cocaine while in office, has been moved into palliative care after his recent cancer treatment was unsuccessful, CP24 television report…
Factbox: Four myths about rape in war
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Congo’s Jean-Pierre Bemba became the highest-ranking politician to be convicted by the international war crimes court on Monday, when it judged him responsible for a 2002-2003 campaign of rape and murder in Central…
Israel flies in 19 Yemeni Jews, ending immigration mission
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has flown 19 Jews from war-ravaged Yemen in what immigration officials described as the last covert operation to move members of a dwindling Jewish community whose roots date back two millennia.
Greece asks EU partners for help to make migrant deal work
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Greece asked its European partners on Monday for help implementing a deal with Turkey meant to stem an influx of migrants into Europe, as hundreds more – many unaware of the new rules – streamed from their boats onto Greek is…
