Hong Kong ‘Umbrella’ protests add poignancy to Tiananmen vigil
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tens of thousands are due to attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, an anniversary given added poignancy by protests that gripped the Chinese-r…
Kabul on edge after spike in deadly attacks
KABUL (Reuters) – Prosecutors fleeing offices, girls at home after a bomb scare at their school, Indian bankers leaving Kabul until things calm down – a spike in high profile Taliban attacks has left officials and expatriates in the Afghan capital on e…
Lawyer who defended former Guatemala dictator in genocide trial murdered
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – One of Guatemalan former dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s defense lawyers was gunned down in the country’s capital on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest twist to a tumultuous genocide trial.
Amnesty says Nigerian military responsible for deaths of 8,000 prisoners
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria’s armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations that the military denied.
Islamic state sympathizer claims rocket fire at Israel
GAZA (Reuters) – A radical Islamist Salafist group posted a statement on Twitter on Thursday claiming responsibility for firing three rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Hong Kong ‘umbrella’ protest gives topical relevance to Tiananmen vigil
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people are due to attend an annual candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as tension lingers in the financial hub from its pro-democracy protests last y…
Taiwan presidential hopeful seeks to ease U.S. concern on China ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The presidential hopeful for Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition party sought on Wednesday to ease concerns that if she won the January 2016 vote relations with China would not be strained.
U.N. aims for June 14 Yemen talks in Geneva, say diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is planning to convene peace talks between Yemen’s warring factions in Geneva on June 14, a date agreed to by the war-torn country’s exiled government but not yet supported by Houthi militia, diplomats said…
Haiti election council under fire for barring top presidential hopeful
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s presidential campaign is barely under way and election officials are already under fire for barring the candidacy of former prime minister Laurent Lamothe, who hoped to succeed his former boss, President Michel Martel…
Al Qaeda’s Syria wing sees no peace with Islamic State soon: TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of al Qaeda’s Syria wing Nusra Front said he saw no solution soon to a conflict with the rival Islamic State group in Syria that has killed hundreds of fighters, according to an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Wednesday.
