Most refugees snubbing Australia’s offer for Cambodia resettlement
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is struggling to convince refugees held in offshore detention to voluntarily resettle in Cambodia under a bi-lateral deal, a refugee advocate group said on Friday, despite the government insisting that the first transfers a…
U.S. woman shot and wounded in Pakistan by men claiming to be militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Men claiming to be Islamic militants shot and wounded an American woman in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday, leaving leaflets in her car naming her and saying they had targeted her because she was American, polic…
New Yemen VP says he hopes to avert Saudi invasion
RIYADH/ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s newly-appointed Vice President Khaled Bahah, a widely respected figure named this week to shore up the legitimacy of the exiled Saudi-backed government, said on Thursday he hoped to avert a Saudi-led invasion to restore …
Images show rapid Chinese progress on new South China Sea airstrip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent satellite images published on Thursday show China has made rapid progress in building an airstrip suitable for military use in contested territory in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands and may be planning another, moves…
Ex-IMF head Rato in preliminary corruption probe
MADRID (Reuters) – The home and office of former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato were searched on Thursday as part of a tax and money laundering investigation into his personal wealth, Spanish judicial officials said.
UK charity slams donors for neglecting U.N. basic education goal
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Major countries and NGOs have cut back the proportion of aid for basic education in developing nations in recent years and their funding has been “inconsistent, uncoordinated and declining”, a UK charity said on Fr…
Iraqi PM seeks more security for Reuters bureau in Baghdad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Thursday he had asked for more protection for the Reuters office in Baghdad after the news agency’s bureau chief left the country due to threats.
Rivals row over top Afghan defense posts as Taliban goes on attack
KABUL (Reuters) – Seven months after rival leaders finally agreed to share power, Afghanistan has no permanent defense minister and cannot decide who should run the army, threatening to weaken the war against Taliban militants on the offensive after fo…
Syria gas attack video moves U.N. Security Council envoys to tears
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the United Nations Security Council teared up on Thursday when Syrian doctors showed a video of failed attempts to resuscitate three children after a chlorine gas attack in March, prompting renewed calls for accoun…
Labour and Conservatives tied ahead of UK election: poll
(Reuters) – Ahead of Britain’s May 7 election, the opposition Labour Party and the incumbent Tories are tied at 34 percent, according to a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper published on Thursday.
