Italian killing highlights assault on academic freedom in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – When a colleague in Holland asked historian Pascale Ghazaleh this month whether to send a group of students to Egypt, her response was a resounding ‘No’.
Colombia’s finance minister under investigation for Isagen sale
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s attorney general’s office said on Thursday it has opened a preliminary investigation into Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas for supposed irregularities in the recent $2 billion privatization of power generator Isagen.
China cites concerns on U.S. missile defense system in South Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday underscored his concerns about the long range of a powerful U.S. radar that could be deployed in South Korea along with an advanced missile defense system and said Washington should ex…
Libyan forces battle Islamic State in Sabratha, three killed
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan forces battled to clear Islamic State insurgents from the western city of Sabratha on Thursday, in fighting that killed at least three Libyans and one of the militants, officials said.
French judge allows partial demolition of Calais ‘jungle’
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – A French judge on Thursday upheld a government plan to partially demolish a shanty town near the port of Calais for migrants trying to reach Britain, an official spokesman said.
‘You saved my life’: Paris attack survivors seek solace with Bataclan security man
PARIS (Reuters) – Thirty-five-year-old Didi saved scores of lives on Nov. 13 when Islamic State militants attacked the Bataclan concert hall where he was in charge of security. Now those he saved say they turn to him for solace.
Modern slavery widespread among East Asia migrant domestic workers: researchers
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Forced labor among migrant domestic workers is widespread, with many women exploited even before they have left their home country and later abused by their employers abroad, a survey of modern slavery in the secto…
Europe’s free travel will end unless Turkey halts migrant flow, officials say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s cherished free-travel zone will shut down unless Turkey acts to cut the number of migrants heading north through Greece by March 7, European Union officials said on Thursday.
Czech ministry allows extradition of Ivory Coast national to U.S.
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech justice minister has allowed the extradition of Ivory Coast citizen Faouzi Jaber to the United States, where he is accused of trying to sell arms and drugs with the aim of harming U.S. interests.
U.S. and China align over North Korea sanctions resolution: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday a draft sanctions resolution against North Korea that will be submitted to the U.N. Security Council is the result of “extensive diplomatic conversations” between the United States and China over …
