Rwanda calls arrest by UK of spy chief an ‘outrage’
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda said it was an “outrage” for Britain to arrest its intelligence chief at the request of Spain, which wants him on war crimes charges, and suggested Western states were swayed by those behind the 1994 genocide.
Thailand says wraps up trafficking probe, rights groups sceptical
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Tuesday they had “shown sincerity” and wrapped up the country’s biggest investigation into human trafficking, as rights groups questioned whether they had even scratched the surface.
China slams Western misconceptions of role in World War Two
BEIJING (Reuters) – Western countries have a lack of appreciation about China’s sacrifices and contributions during World War Two, a senior official said on Tuesday, as the government outlined plans for a military parade through central Beijing to mark…
China aims to challenge U.S. air dominance: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is mounting a serious effort to challenge U.S. military superiority in air and space, forcing the Pentagon to seek new technologies and systems to stay ahead of its rapidly developing rival, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert …
Children must be at heart of new development goals: UNICEF
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of the world’s poorest children are denied a fair start in life and many more will be left behind unless they’re put at the center of new development goals for 2030, the United Nations children’s agency UN…
Taliban attack Afghanistan’s parliament, seize second district in north
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defense minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the militants as they intensified a summer offens…
Australian ‘severed head’ militants reportedly killed in Iraq
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is close to confirming the reported death in Iraq of two home-grown militants who shot to infamy last year after being photographed holding the severed heads of Syrian soldiers, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday…
Mali hostages, held since late 2011, plead for release in video
DAKAR (Reuters) – Two hostages kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in north Mali more than three years ago asked their governments to help secure their release in a rare video of them seen by Reuters on Monday.
U.S. and China open annual dialogue with ‘candid, to-the-point’ talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China held “candid and to-the-point” talks at the start of three days of cabinet-level meetings aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world’s two biggest economies, a senior U.S. offi…
U.N. police accused of Mali deaths to face home country court: source
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Several U.N. police peacekeepers who used “unauthorized and excessive force” that killed three people during a protest in Mali have been arrested and will face justice in their home country, a diplomatic source at the United …
