Ugandan opposition accuse police of intimidation after supporter shot
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan police officer opened fire at an opposition rally injuring one person, police and opposition said, prompting critics to accuse the government of using violence to intimidate rivals ahead of next year’s presidential vote.
HIV stigma, fear linger in UK as infection rates continue to rise
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rich paces the cramped, dimly-lit living room in despair, fearful of losing his friends, family and career as he struggles with the realization that he has HIV.
Iran wages media onslaught against Saudis over Yemen war
DUBAI (Reuters) – Cut off from Yemen and its allies there by a Saudi-led military campaign, Iran has intensified a media counter-offensive against Riyadh, accusing its regional rival of inflicting catastrophic suffering while presenting itself as a bla…
Bangladesh arrests 12 suspected al Qaeda militants, weapons found
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh security forces have arrested 12 suspected militants, including the chief of the al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), which claimed responsibility for two killings this year of bloggers critical of religious extremism.
Images show Chinese airstrip on man-made Spratly island nearly finished
(Reuters) – China has almost finished building a 3,000-meter-long (10,000-foot) airstrip on one of its artificial islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, new satellite photographs of the area show.
Indonesia to call off search for victims in deadly military plane crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities will call off a two-day search for victims on Thursday after a military transport plane crashed into a residential area in Sumatra, killing around 140 people, the military said.
Brazil’s Rousseff tops off U.S. tour with Silicon Valley visit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff capped off her U.S. tour on Wednesday with a visit to Silicon Valley, where she met with top technology executives and took a ride in Google Inc’s self-driving car.
Child labor on the rise among Syrian children as crisis spirals: agencies
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of Syrian children being forced to work keeps growing as the conflict drags on, with those as young as six reportedly working in Lebanon, two aid agencies warned on Thursday.
IAEA says Iran uranium stockpile reduced, but questions remain
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas dropped below the maximum level required under a 2013 interim nuclear agreement with world powers, a U.N. report showed, but a U.S. think-tank suggested Tehran had not entirely met its obl…
Brazil’s Rousseff tops off U.S. tour with Silicon Valley visit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff capped off her U.S. tour on Wednesday with a visit to Silicon Valley, where she met with top technology executives and took a ride in Google Inc’s self-driving car.
