Top EU official confident of Britain’s future in bloc
BEIJING (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said that she was confident Britain would remain within the bloc as it was in the interests of both the EU and Britain, which goes to the polls on Thursday.
Turkish electoral body rejects Kurdish complaint against Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s electoral commission has rejected a complaint from the Kurdish opposition that accused President Tayyip Erdogan of breaching the constitution with speeches backing the ruling AK Party ahead of a June election.
Aid agencies warn fuel shortages may end their work in Yemen
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Twenty-two aid agencies working in Yemen have warned that their help could end unless land, sea and air routes are opened to allow for the import of fuel into the country, where an Arab coalition has been attacking Houthi forces s…
Afghan judge sentences four to death for mob killing of woman
KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan judge sentenced four men to death on Wednesday for the mob killing of 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran in Kabul, a case that sparked outrage and rare street protests against religious extremism in the capital.
Arsonists carry out new attack on German asylum-seekers’ refuge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Police in western Germany said on Wednesday that unidentified arsonists had set fire overnight to housing being prepared for aslyum-seekers, causing 50,000 euros worth of damage, before fleeing the scene in a car.
Pakistan army accuses India of backing terrorism in rare rebuke
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military has accused India’s main intelligence agency of whipping up terrorism in Pakistan in rare public criticism that could increase tension between the nuclear-armed rivals.
U.S. envoy to India says worried by activist, charity clampdown
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A clampdown by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government could have a “chilling effect” on foreign-funded charities and activists and is a cause for concern, the U.S. ambassador to India said on Wednesday.
Warplanes strike Yemen’s Saada and Hajja provinces: residents
CAIRO (Reuters) – Warplanes carried out more than 30 strikes overnight on the northwestern Yemeni provinces of Saada and Hajja near the border with Saudi Arabia, local officials and residents said on Wednesday.
Two Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers killed in Congo ambush
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Two United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania were killed, 13 wounded and four were missing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday when their patrol was ambushed by suspected Ugandan Islamist rebels, the United Nations …
Charlie Hebdo is honored in New York under increased security
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a deadly attack earlier this year by Islamist gunmen, was honored on Tuesday at a New York gala under heavy security, organizers said.
