Thai mass grave held bodies of 26 suspected trafficking victims
PEDANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) – Dozens of police and volunteers have exhumed 26 bodies at a mass grave near a suspected human trafficking camp on a hillside deep in a southern Thai jungle, police said on Saturday.
Amnesty says Egypt using courts and jail to intimidate journalists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities are using the courts to stifle journalism, Amnesty International said on Sunday in a report that listed 18 reporters and media workers jailed and dozens more facing criminal investigations.
Yemeni Houthis call on U.N. to end Saudi strikes: statement
CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemeni Houthi rebels called on the United Nations on Saturday to seek an end to Saudi Arabian air strikes against them that they described as blatant aggression against the country.
It’s a girl – Britain’s Duchess Kate gives birth, both well, palace says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a great grand-daughter to Queen Elizabeth.
Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram slowed by landmines
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is confident it has Boko Haram cornered, but a final push to clear the Islamist militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines, it said on Saturday.
Attacks in Iraq’s Anbar, Baghdad kill at least 26: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 12 Iraqi soldiers and paramilitary forces were killed on Saturday by suicide car bombs targeting an outpost in western Anbar province, while attacks in the capital killed at least 14 civilians, security and medical sources …
Thai mass grave held bodies of 26 suspected trafficking victims
PEDANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) – Dozens of police and volunteers have exhumed 26 bodies at a mass grave near a suspected human trafficking camp on a hillside deep in a southern Thai jungle, police said on Saturday.
Separatist rebels attack army in northern Malian town
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Tuareg separatist rebels attacked Malian army positions in the northern town of Dire on Saturday, as rising violence threatened to derail a U.N.-backed peace deal due to be signed this month.
Customs checks hold up relief for Nepal quake victims: U.N.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Customs inspections at Kathmandu airport are holding up vital relief supplies for earthquake survivors in Nepal, a U.N. official said on Saturday, as the death toll from the disaster a week ago passed 6,600.
Protests against Burundi president’s election plan paused
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi protest organizers on Saturday called a two-day pause in demonstrations against the president’s move to seek a third term, which they says violates the constitution and endangers the peace deal that ended civil war in 2005…
