After slavery, trafficked fishermen face lonely road to recovery
PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice.
France says ‘decision time’ has come in Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister appeared to put pressure on the United States and Iran on Saturday to speed up nuclear talks, saying all issues were now on the table and that the time had come to make a decision.
Uighurs ‘on way to jihad’ returned to China in hoods
BEIJING (Reuters) – Some of the Uighurs deported to China last week from Thailand had planned to go to Syria and Iraq to carry out jihad, state television said, showing pictures of them being bundled out of an aircraft with black hoods over their heads…
Islamist rebel handed over to Uganda from Tanzania: army spokesman
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan Islamist rebel leader accused of heading a group that has killed hundreds of people has been handed over to Uganda after being extradited from Tanzania, an army spokesman said.
Eight pensioners killed in fire at Spanish care home
MADRID (Reuters) – Eight elderly people died in a fire that ripped through a care home near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain in the early hours of Sunday, a government official said.
China targets rights lawyers as crackdown on activists widens
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say.
Serbian PM forced to flee Srebrenica massacre memorial
POTOCARI, Bosnia (Reuters) – Serbia’s prime minister was forced to flee a ceremony held to mark 20 years since the Srebrenica massacre on Saturday, when mourners hurled stones and bottles at him in what his government later described as an attempted as…
Fidel Castro, 88, makes second public appearance in a week
HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 88, made his second public appearance in a week on Thursday, meeting with military officers and civilians who were honored for their performance in food production, official media reported on Satu…
Latest clashes between Libyan soldiers, Islamists in Benghazi kill 19: medics
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Around 19 people have been killed and 80 wounded in heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers and Islamist fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi in the past three days, medics said on Saturday.
Euro zone demands more from Greece, delays decision on aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Skeptical euro zone finance ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he wants them to open negotiations on a third bailout for his bankrupt country…
