Hillary Clinton: Two-state solution is ‘best outcome’ for Israelis, Palestinians
GREENVILLE, S.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday said a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians was the only resolution to the conflict there.
Europe readying sanctions against Burundians over election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to impose sanctions on Burundians failing to help end the Central African nation’s crisis, the EU’s foreign policy chief said on Thursday, following elections that Brussels and Washington say were not cr…
Study throws doubt on education benefit of deworming children
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fresh analysis of a landmark study in Kenya has thrown doubt on the educational benefits due to “deworming”, the removal of the parasitic worms which affect millions of children in developing countries, researchers…
Fighting stops aid reaching starving South Sudan children: charity
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fighting in northern South Sudan is preventing lifesaving aid from reaching thousands of people living in “inhumane conditions”, including starving children, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said…
Japanese company to compensate for wartime forced labor – Kyodo
(Reuters) – Japanese construction company Mitsubishi Materials Corp plans to apologize and pay compensation to Chinese people over its use of forced labor during World War Two, Japan’s Kyodo News agency reported.
Amnesty urges Peru’s Humala to find forced sterilization victims
LIMA (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International pressed Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on Thursday to track down scores of poor Andean women who might have been forcibly sterilized by government doctors in the late 1990s.
Militant group disowns splinter faction in Indian-controlled Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistan-based militant group on Thursday disowned a splinter faction suspected of a string of killings in Indian-occupied Kashmir, with concerns growing that rogue insurgents could ratchet up tensions between nucle…
Syria sees West easing tough stance after Iran deal: Assad aide
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Iran’s nuclear accord with world powers will force the West to soften its stance against Damascus and deal with its government to find a negotiated solution to Syria’s civil wa…
India’s Modi praises speech demanding reparations from Britain
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised a speech of an Indian lawmaker that called for Britain to pay reparations to India and other former colonies for its decades of imperial rule.
India’s Modi praises speech demanding reparations from Britain
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised a speech of an Indian lawmaker that called for Britain to pay reparations to India and other former colonies for its decades of imperial rule.
