Suicide truck bomb targets Kurdish security agency in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber set off a truck bomb outside offices of a Kurdish security agency in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Typhoid breaks out in Syria’s Yarmouk camp, situation desperate: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Typhoid has broken out among residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of further disease outbreaks because of the appalling conditions there unless a…
Mali’s Islamist conflict spreads as new militant group emerges
BAMAKO/SEVARE (Reuters) – Imam Elhadji Sekou Ba was one of the few people in his village of Barkerou who dared to speak out against the rise of Islamist militants in central Mali, denouncing in his sermons the young men taking up arms in the name of re…
China blast warehouse executives used connections to get safety approvals: Xinhua
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Wednesday appeared to convict executives of a company whose chemical warehouse exploded last week killing 114 people of slipshod practices at least, saying they used connections to obtain fire safety an…
Abbas orders Palestinian NGO closed in spat with former deputy
RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree to close an internationally funded Palestinian peace center run by a political rival, a government official said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe cracks down on sackings, employers cry foul
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government and opposition joined forces to push through legislation making it harder for firms to sack workers, pleasing powerful unions but angering employers who said it would hurt an already struggling economy.
Tsipras said not to have decided on early Greek elections, left rebels turn up heat
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has yet to make up his mind on calling early elections, a government minister said on Wednesday, following a rift in the ruling party over the country’s new bailout deal.
A year after Gaza war, Israel tests new anti-tunnel measures
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A year after Hamas used cross-border tunnels to launch deadly attacks during the Gaza war, Israel is testing new techniques to detect the hidden passages as a “top priority”, sources say, but has yet to announce the system fully o…
Floods cause acute water shortage in hundreds of Myanmar villages
NYAUNGDON, Myanmar (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Authorities are racing to clean contaminated water sources in flood-hit parts of Myanmar, while distributing bottled water, chlorine powder and purification tablets as they struggle with diarrhea outbre…
Global court to reopen obstruction case against Kenya
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Judges will reopen a hearing into whether to take action against Kenya over allegations it obstructed investigations into its President Uhuru Kenyatta, after an appeals court ordered them on Wednesday to reconsider their rejection…
