Polish PM purges ministers to try to halt slide in popularity
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz purged three ministers from her government and the speaker of parliament on Wednesday to try to reverse a slide in her party’s popularity before a parliamentary election in four months’ time.
Suspected Islamist militants attack police base in southern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Dozens of suspected Islamist militants attacked a Malian police base near the southern border with Ivory Coast on Wednesday, security sources said, the most southerly point in the west African country where the insurgents have struck…
China gathers ‘multitude’ of evidence in ship sinking probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese investigators looking into last week’s deadly capsizing of a packed cruise ship have collected a “multitude of first-hand evidence” and have interviewed many people including the captain, state media said on Wednesday.
Suicide bomber attacks tourist site in Luxor, four Egyptians wounded
CAIRO (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up near the ancient Egyptian Karnak Temple in the southern city of Luxor on Wednesday, security sources said, a possible sign that Islamist militants are shifting focus to try to derail Egypt’s economic r…
British charities must stop hounding people for money, says regulator
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British charities could be forced to limit requests for donations under guidelines devised following an investigation sparked by the suicide of a 92-year-old woman believed overwhelmed by fundraising letters.
Paraguay told to protect life of pregnant 10-year-old rape victim
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – – Paraguay has been told by a leading human rights watchdog to protect the life and health of a pregnant 10-year-old girl allegedly raped by her stepfather but denied an abortion in a case that has sparked a global…
Attacks on peacekeepers, civilians in Darfur increasing: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday warned that violent attacks on international peacekeepers and civilians in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region have been increasing while tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee th…
Israeli president says Syrian Druze under threat
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s president expressed his concern to the United States on Wednesday about the fate of the Druze minority in Syria, saying around 500,000 of them were under threat from Islamist militants in an area near the Israeli border.
At least 43 killed in Yemen clashes as parties prepare for talks
ADEN (Reuters) – At least 43 people were killed in heavy fighting in Yemen overnight and on Wednesday between supporters of exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the country’s dominant Houthi group, residents, tribal and medical sources said.
Turkish policeman sentenced to plant trees for gassing ‘lady in red’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish policeman whose teargassing of a woman in a red dress became a symbol of anti-government protests two years ago was found guilty on Wednesday of misconduct and ordered by a court to plant 600 trees.
