Israeli brothers jailed for Jewish-Arab school arson
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli court jailed two brothers from a far-right Jewish group on Wednesday for an arson attack on a Jerusalem school that had been a rare symbol of co-existence in the riven city.
Boko Haram resurgence deepens humanitarian crisis in Niger
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) – A wave of attacks by Islamist insurgents Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and the islands of Lake Chad has forced tens of thousands across the border to Niger’s arid southeastern region of Diffa, worsening a dire humanitarian si…
Under Kremlin pressure, ‘undesirable’ U.S. charity pulls out of Russia
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A U.S.-based non-governmental organization has become the latest casualty in what campaigners say is a global tightening of restrictions on charitable activity by authoritarian governments, by deciding to close its…
Serbian PM hosts Bosnian leaders, cools tempers after mob attack
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s prime minister said on Wednesday he had already forgotten a mob attack on him in Bosnia 11 days ago as he hosted Bosnia’s three-man presidency in a visit designed to cool tempers between the ex-Yugoslav republics.
Egypt court sentences Mubarak-era prime minister to five years jail
CAIRO (Reuters) – Ahmed Nazif, a former Egyptian prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was sentenced to five years in jail on graft charges in a retrial on Wednesday, judicial sources said.
U.S. rights group branded ‘undesirable’ closes Russia office
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The MacArthur Foundation, a U.S. group that promotes human rights, said on Wednesday it was closing its Moscow office after Russian parliamentarians put it on a list of non-desirable organizations.
After labeling, EU think-tank proposes banking steps on Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The EU agreed this week to push ahead with introduction of labels that specifically identify Israeli goods made in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a policy that has angered Israel; but now an influential European think-tank…
After 25 years together, study shows two Germanys still wide apart
BERLIN (Reuters) – From the amount they earn to their religious convictions and cars they drive, gaping differences between Germans in the former Communist East and the West persist after almost 25 years of reunification, a study published on Wednesday…
Burundi opposition figure calls for unity government to avert new conflict
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s leading opposition politician called on President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold talks with rivals and form a national unity government after this week’s election, saying it could help avert a new conflict in the poor African…
China returns dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s passport after four years
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese dissident artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei said that authorities in Beijing returned his passport on Wednesday, more than four years after it was confiscated following his 81-day secret detention.
