Polio worker shot as Pakistan holds countrywide vaccination drive
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen shot and wounded a Pakistani polio worker in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks against eradication teams in a country that accounts for more than 70 percent of the world’s cas…
Ukraine junior ally quits coalition
KIEV (Reuters) – A junior ally in Ukraine’s ruling coalition quit on Wednesday, calling the alliance a “facade” and demanding an overhaul of the way the country was run.
Weather-weary Indian farmers resort to new cash crop: blood
JHANSI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Karna, a farmer from Badgaon village in northern India, has few options but to sell his blood for money, after persistent drought left him unable to live off his land.
Kenya to tackle radicalisation with new prison for ‘extremists’
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya, which has suffered attacks by Somalia’s al Shabaab militants, will build a special prison to house “violent and extremist” offenders to keep them from influencing other prisoners, President Uhuru Kenyatta said.
EU’s Juncker sees progress in migrant crisis, praises Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Germany’s Bild daily that Europe is making progress in tackling the migrant crisis and praised Chancellor Angela Merkel for sticking to “long-sighted” policies in the face of cri…
Russia to sign contract this year to sell Su-30SM fighter jets to Iran: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will sign this year a contract with Iran to supply a batch of its Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-role fighter jets to the Islamic Republic, RIA news agency on Wednesday quoted a senior official at Russia’s arms export agency as saying.
For Britain’s undecided voters, economy could swing EU referendum
EGGESFORD, England (Reuters) – Deborah Hastings will only decide whether Britain should ditch its European Union membership on the eve of a referendum likely in late June. She has one key question for those courting her vote: Will leaving make me and t…
China cautions Australia over defense cooperation with Japan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on Australia on Wednesday to take into account the feelings of Asian countries as Sydney contemplates buying a fleet of submarines from Japan.
Australian PM leaves door open to sending refugees to New Zealand
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday left open the possibility of resettlement in New Zealand for asylum seekers facing repatriation to a detention camp in the tiny Pacific Island nation of Nauru.
U.S. flies F-22 fighters over South Korea after North’s rocket launch
OSAN, South Korea (Reuters) – The United States flew four F-22 stealth fighter jets over South Korea on Wednesday in a show of force following North Korea’s recent rocket launch and ahead of the allies’ joint military drills next month aimed at deterri…
