Prisoner release not on the table in U.S. talks: Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Talks to improve diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela’s socialist government do not include discussion of releasing opposition demonstrators jailed as a result of protests in 2014, Venezuela’s foreign ministe…
Austria convicts teenager of supporting Islamic State
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Vienna court sentenced a 17-year-old Austrian youth to two-and-a-half years in jail on Wednesday for supporting Islamic State in Syria.
Global slowdown boosts Africa’s hopes of achieving development goals
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Africa is likely to benefit from weak global growth by attracting more investment that will drive its development, experts said at a financing conference in Ethiopia on Wednesday.
Gold hoard buried in Nazi era or just after WW2 found in Germany
LUENEBURG, Germany (Reuters) – An amateur archaeologist in Germany has found a historic collection of gold coins worth around 45,000 euros, probably buried during the Nazi era or shortly after World War Two, experts said on Wednesday.
NATO plans biggest exercise since 2002 to counter Islamic State
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State on the alliance’s southern flank.
Syrian army, Hezbollah advance in city near Lebanese border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army backed by Lebanese ally Hezbollah has advanced deeper into the besieged Syrian city of Zabadani two weeks into a campaign to capture it from insurgents, rebels and the army said.
Exclusive: Which aid relief charities spend the most on fundraising?
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the business of international aid booms, rival charities are locked in a race to attract donors with some spending close to a fifth of their resources on fundraising, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation h…
Uganda president calls for unity to end Burundi crisis
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urged Burundi’s government and its opponents on Wednesday to put aside sectarian and political differences after weeks of violent protests and days of clashes with rebels in the north.
Iran nuclear deal could revive trade in Persian rugs to U.S.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Alex Helmi, surrounded by Persian carpets stacked waist-high at his store in the so-called Persian Square section of Los Angeles, has been blocked from importing rugs from Iran since the United States imposed sanctions in 2010.
Egyptian terrorism bill a ‘deadly blow to human rights’: Amnesty
CAIRO (Reuters) – A draft law in Egypt that would make it a crime to contradict the official version of terrorist attacks should be scrapped, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, calling the bill a “strike at the very heart of basic freedoms”.
