Saudi Arabia, U.S. near deal for two Lockheed warships: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is in advanced discussions with the U.S. government about buying two frigates based on a coastal warship that Lockheed Martin Corp is building for the U.S. Navy, and could reach agreement by the end of the year, acco…
Sudanese poachers kill elephants amid Central Africa chaos: UN experts
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Sudanese poachers have been taking advantage of the chaos in conflict-torn Central African Republic and are killing elephants for their ivory and other wild animals, an expert panel that monitors U.N. sanctions said in a conf…
British doctor in northern Yemen unfazed by ‘crazy warfare’
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Windows shattered next to Natalie Roberts as air strikes rained down around a hospital in northwest Yemen, but the British doctor focused only on keeping her war-wounded patients alive while the warplanes circled o…
Greek coast guard seizes Libya-bound ship carrying weapons
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya, coast guard officials said on Wednesday.
Former ICC chief prosecutor pushes for Yazidi genocide case
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The former chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is pushing for a case to be opened into the “ongoing genocide” against Iraq’s Yazidi community at the hands of Islamic State militants.
Chilean President Bachelet’s disapproval rating hits new high-poll
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The proportion of Chileans who disapprove of President Michelle Bachelet rose to a new high as a sluggish economy complicates key reforms and a campaign financing scandal stokes resentment toward the political class, a poll showed …
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill at least 24 in northern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on horseback killed at least 24 people in two separate attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria, military and vigilante sources said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of migrants protest at Budapest station, want to go to Germany
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants protested in front of Budapest’s Keleti Railway Terminus for a second straight day on Wednesday, shouting “Freedom, freedom!” and demanding to be let onto trains bound for Germany from a station that has been c…
Sixty-one infants die at Indian hospital in just two weeks
CUTTACK, India (Reuters) – Sixty-one infants have died at an Indian children’s hospital in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government to launch an investigation.
Russia says will respond in kind to new U.S. sanctions over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow said on Wednesday it would react in kind to United States’ widening of sanctions imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, criticizing the move as straining relations and posing risks for international stability.
