Greek police turn to teargas as tempers flare over pensions
ATHENS (Reuters) – Scuffles broke out and police used teargas during a mass rally in Athens on Thursday as Greeks railed against government pension reforms needed to meet demands of international creditors.
WikiLeaks’ Assange ‘arbitrarily detained’ in embassy, U.N. panel to say
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been subject to ‘arbitrary detention’ during the 3-1/2 years he has spent in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid a rape investigation in Sweden, a U.N. panel will rule on Friday.
Ukraine government puts on united front amid political crisis
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian cabinet members who had previously tendered their resignations will now remain in their posts, the government announced on Thursday, a show of unity a day after the abrupt exit of a key minister.
Peru may bar presidential hopeful from April elections
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s electoral board may throw a presidential hopeful who has been climbing in polls out of the race, the second candidate in a week to face possible disqualification from elections in two months.
Many Iranian women and youth feel failed by reformists ahead of vote
ANKARA (Reuters) – Many Iranian women and young people are disillusioned about the upcoming elections, desperate for reform but losing hope in their pragmatic president and his promise of a freer society.
U.S. assets to track expected North Korean space launch: Carter
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (Reuters) – The United States will position its missile defense assets to track an expected North Korean missile launch, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday.
Germans make refugees feel at home with buddy schemes, cooking and sport
BERLIN (Reuters) – When asylum seeker Fouad Nour Aldin from Gaza arrived in Germany a year ago, he used to spend all day brooding inside his shelter — until a scheme hooked him up with German buddies.
Body of Italian student shows signs of torture: Egyptian officials
CAIRO (Reuters) – The body of an Italian student who went missing in Cairo was found half naked by the roadside with cigarette burns and other signs of torture, a senior Egyptian prosecutor said on Thursday.
Turkey reinstates Vatican envoy after row over pope’s Armenian remarks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey returned its ambassador to the Vatican on Thursday, nearly 10 months after withdrawing him in protest against Pope Francis’ description of the century-old massacres of Christian Armenians as genocide.
Iran calls on U.S. to reassure European banks over trade with Tehran
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran on Thursday called on the United States to make a clear public pledge that it would not penalize European banks for legitimate trade with the Islamic Republic.
