Top U.S. diplomat on way to try to halt unrest in Burundi
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat was heading to Burundi on Wednesday, seeking to halt escalating unrest triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term in office, a move protesters say is unconstitutional.
U.S. military jet lands safely in England after in-flight emergency
LONDON (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force refueling jet has landed safely at its base in England, RAF Mildenhall, after experiencing an in-flight emergency, the Air Force unit that operates the aircraft said in a statement on Wednesday.
Healthcare looms over Spanish vote as cuts hit hospitals
MADRID (Reuters) – Raul Robledo’s 82-year-old mother died on a stretcher in a corridor of the emergency unit of La Paz hospital in Madrid in February, after waiting nearly 48 hours for a room.
Yemen’s Houthis to investigate public figures, including Nobel laureate
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi rulers have launched an investigation against dozens of public figures, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakul Karman, state news agency Saba said late on Tuesday, following a complaint that could amount to treaso…
In anti-terrorism lawsuits, verdicts are just the first battle
(Reuters) – One of the lawsuits was filed by Sara Hensley, whose father was beheaded in Iraq by Islamic militants; another by Patrick Baker, who was shot in the head during the hijacking of an EgyptAir flight by the Abu Nidal Organization; the third ca…
China says will hunt down serial bribers
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities will hunt down individuals and organizations which engage in serial bribery, especially in cases which cause serious public anger or accidents, state media said on Wednesday, as the government takes on deep-roote…
Europe seeks to reassure Libya over plans to stem migrant flow
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The European Union sought to reassure Libya on Tuesday that any action being considered by the 28-nation bloc to stem the deadly flow of migrants across the Mediterranean should not be perceived as an attack against the Libya…
EU wants Iran to play ‘major but positive role’ in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top diplomat on Tuesday voiced the hope that Iran would play an important but constructive role in a renewed United Nations push to restart negotiations aimed at ending the four-year civil war in Syria.
U.S. Senate rejects bid to consider Iran nuclear deal a treaty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort to require an international nuclear agreement with Iran to be considered a treaty, which would have forced any deal to be approved by two-thirds of the Senate’s 100 members before it …
Britain’s Labour has one-point lead ahead of election: YouGov
(Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party has a one percentage point lead over Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, according to a YouGov opinion poll for the Sun newspaper published on Tuesday.
