Women’s acquittal in topless protest at Notre Dame is upheld
PARIS (Reuters) – The acquittal of eight women from the activist group Femen over a topless protest they held in Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral two years ago was upheld by a French court of appeals on Thursday.
Britain’s long-awaited Iraq inquiry to be published in June or July 2016
LONDON (Reuters) – The chairman of a British public inquiry into the Iraq War that has been running for seven years said on Thursday he expected to publish his report mid-2016, prompting Prime Minister David Cameron to urge him to speed up the process….
Africa puts security hopes in foreign-funded, home-grown strike force
LOHATLA COMBAT TRAINING BASE (Reuters) – Backed by tanks, armored vehicles and plenty of EU cash, thousands of African soldiers took on an imaginary enemy in the arid heart of South Africa this week, the last joint exercises before a homegrown continen…
Air strikes hit at least 12 hospitals in Syria in past weeks: MSF
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes in northern Syria have hit at least 12 hospitals in recent weeks, killing at least 35 patients and medical staff in a new escalation of fighting, international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Thursday.
Myanmar student leader arrested amid signs of crackdown
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police arrested on Thursday the leader of a student movement crushed in March after he spent more than six months in hiding, a human rights monitoring group said, amid increasing signs of a crackdown on dissent ahead of a Nov…
Russian media take climate cue from skeptical Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wildfires crackled across Siberia this summer, turning skies ochre and sending up enough smoke from burning pines to blot out satellite views of the 400-mile-long Lake Baikal.
Pentagon says Guantanamo detainee transferred to Mauritania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has transferred Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison, to Mauritania, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Warplanes believed Russian hit Syria’s Deraa for first time: rebel, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes believed to be Russian bombed targets in the southern Syrian province of Deraa for the first time on Wednesday night, a rebel group operating in the area and a group monitoring the conflict said on Thursday.
Islamist militants pose biggest threat to Britain for decades: spy chief
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s domestic spy service chief said Islamist militants pose the biggest threat to the country that he had seen in his 32 years in intelligence, as he called for new digital surveillance powers to keep Britons safe.
Grenade attack in Bulgaria evokes memories of ‘mobster years’
SOFIA (Reuters) – A former Bulgarian security agent escaped unhurt in a grenade attack on his car in Sofia on Thursday, the interior ministry said, a throwback to the gang violence that has dogged the Balkan country since the fall of Communism.
