U.S. led 21 air strikes in Iraq, one in Syria against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies on Wednesday targeted Islamic State with one air strike in Syria and another 21 in Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operation said.
UNHCR plans for 1.4 million Mediterranean refugees in 2015-6
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency expects at least 1.4 million refugees to flee to Europe across the Mediterranean this year and next, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday, a sharp rise from initial estimates of 850,000.
U.N. calls on Sri Lanka to pursue war crimes with credible process
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday called on Sri Lanka to establish a credible justice process, including foreign judges and prosecutors, to investigate alleged war crimes committed during the long conflict that ende…
From lewd jokes to power: Guatemala comic on course for presidency
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – For years, Guatemalan comedian Jimmy Morales earned a living cracking bawdy jokes on TV, riffing on eating condoms and the perils of being ravished by a bull.
Hungary’s minorities bear brunt of anti-migrant rhetoric
ACS, Hungary (Reuters) – Hungary’s government has launched an all-out campaign against migrants, but the people who feel like they are the real targets already live there: members of the country’s Roma and Muslim minorities.
Khamenei calls for stronger Iranian military to deter enemies
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader called on the armed forces on Thursday to increase their capabilities in order to protect the Islamic Republic’s influence in the Middle East and deter would-be attackers.
India warns global charities not to work against government
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian minister monitoring $1.8 billion of foreign aid has accused Greenpeace of inciting protests against industrial projects and warned global activists and aid organizations not to work against the government.
Abbas’s U.N. speech: not a bang but a whimper
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Before his speech to the United Nations late on Wednesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promised to drop a “bombshell”. In the event, he delivered little more than strong words that may amount to a hollow threat.
EU court rules migrants who defy expulsion can be jailed
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries can imprison migrants who re-enter their territory after being expelled, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday in a judgment likely to be closely watched across the continent as it struggles to cope with a m…
Burundi to pursue the ‘few’ officials behind killings: president
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s president said those in possession of illegal arms have a month to relinquish them and that authorities will hold to account the “few” security officials behind cases of killings and torture.
