Haiti drought cuts harvests, lifts prices, food crisis looms: WFP
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A severe drought in Haiti has led to acute water shortages, shriveled harvests and raised food prices, weakening the fragile food supply and worsening hunger among the poor, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said…
U.S. reports 20 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 20 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, a U.S. military statement said.
Saudi military intercepts Scud missile fired by Yemeni forces
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni army units allied to the Houthi militia fired a ballistic missile toward southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday but the Saudi military said it intercepted it and retaliated with air strikes on Yemeni territory.
Islamists kill at least seven in southern Somali attack
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least seven people including a regional official and local police commander in an attack on a government convoy in southern Somalia on Wednesday, officials and the group said.
U.N. cuts aid to ex-rebels in Congo, urges state to step in
KINSHASA (Reuters) – U.N. peacekeepers said on Wednesday they would have to cut rations for 6,800 ex-rebels and their families left in limbo in government camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo, blaming a shortage of funds and calling for the state …
Merkel, heckled on visit to refugees, says no to xenophobia
HEIDENAU, Germany (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters shouted at Chancellor Angela Merkel and waved placards with the slogan “traitor” on Wednesday when she visited an eastern German town where anti-refugee protests erupted into violence at the weekend.
Algerian troops kill five Islamist fighters in operation
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s armed forces have mounted operations against Islamist militants in the east of the country and killed five fighters in the past few days, the Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
Turkish PM, facing uphill election battle, invites opposition to cabinet
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu invited high profile opposition figures to join an interim cabinet on Wednesday, two months before a snap election at which his ruling AK Party may not recover its parliamentary majority.
Jailing of gay men in Senegal poses setback to HIV fight in Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) – It took less than a minute for a panel of judges in Senegal to sentence seven men to six months in prison for homosexuality last week, but campaigners say the harm to the African nation’s anti-HIV efforts could last much longer.
Gay pride not welcome in Venice, says city mayor
ROME (Reuters) – The mayor of Venice, who this month had a public row with British rock star Elton John over family values, has said he never wants to see a Gay Pride parade take place in the lagoon city while he is in charge.
