Turkish prosecutor launches probe against Kurdish opposition leader: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish prosecutor launched an investigation on Thursday into the head of the pro-Kurdish opposition over accusations that he “provoked and armed” protesters during demonstrations in the country’s southeast last year, local media…
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says UK denies him six-month visa
BEIJING (Reuters) – Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said on Thursday that Britain had denied his application for a six-month visa in favor of one with a shorter duration, telling him that he had not declared a previous “criminal conviction”.
After Russia U.N. veto, countries seek court for Flight MH17 prosecutions
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine a year ago are considering setting up an independent international tribunal after Russia vetoed attempts to establish a U.N.-backed court to prosecu…
British Eurosceptic Farage says pro-EU campaign is stealing a march on ‘No’
LONDON (Reuters) – Eurosceptics who want Britain to quit the European Union are letting pro-EU campaigners get a head start in mobilizing opinion ahead of an In/Out referendum that could take place within a year, Britain’s most prominent Eurosceptic sa…
China to prosecute former top officer for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will prosecute a former top military officer for corruption, the government said on Thursday, the second senior officer to be investigated, as President Xi Jinping widens his campaign against deep-rooted graft in the country.
Russia reassures Israel over Iran nuclear deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that the deal on Iran’s nuclear program would improve security in the Middle East and guaranteed that Tehran would not acquire nuclear arms.
‘What lion?’ Zimbabweans ask, amid global Cecil circus
HARARE (Reuters) – As social media exploded with outrage this week at the killing of Cecil the lion, the untimely passing of the celebrated predator at the hands of an American dentist went largely unnoticed in the animal’s native Zimbabwe.
Reality TV hooks Tanzania as women win fame, fortune and farm tools
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – While sex, fights and confessionals draw viewers to most reality television shows, it’s the revolutionary portrayal of women as “heroes” that makes one in two Tanzanians watch a homegrown series aimed at raising t…
Calais migrants undaunted by extra French riot police
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Migrants massed around the entrance to the Channel Tunnel said on Thursday they would keep trying to sneak across to Britain, undaunted by the arrival of 120 extra riot police on the French side.
U.S. to deliver eight F-16 aircraft to Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States will deliver eight F-16 Block 52 aircraft to Egypt within the next two days, the U.S. embassy in Cairo said in a statement on Thursday, part of a military package that had been unfrozen earlier this year.
