Exclusive: Yemen food imports disrupted, conflict pressures supply chain
DUBAI (Reuters) – A week into Saudi-led air-strikes in Yemen, food imports into the Arab world’s poorest country are grinding to a halt as the conflict puts fragile supply chains under growing strain and commercial suppliers stay away.
Boko Haram uses children as human bombs, commits ‘heinous crimes’: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Boko Haram Islamist militants in northern Nigeria are using children as human bombs and targeting women and girls for particularly horrific abuse, including sexual slavery, the United Nations human rights chief sai…
About 90 percent of Brazilians reject Rousseff’s austerity drive: poll
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Roughly nine out of 10 Brazilians disapprove of President Dilma Rousseff’s austerity drive aimed at winning back investor confidence in the economy, a nationwide poll showed on Wednesday.
Peru capital shaken by 5.2 earthquake, no injuries reported
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s capital city Lima was shaken by an earthquake on Wednesday, causing buildings to tremble but with no immediate reports of injuries or damages, said Reuters witnesses on the scene.
Air strikes hit airport in Libyan town, military blames rival armed group
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An unidentified warplane carried out air strikes on the airport in Zintan, a town in western Libya allied with the internationally recognized government, and gunmen killed three guards at a checkpoint in a rival city, officials said…
Merkel says Ukraine ceasefire hasn’t been fully implemented
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that the situation in Ukraine had become calmer in the weeks following the Minsk agreement but added that the ceasefire had not yet been fully implemented.
Portugal PM sees voters backing reforms to avoid new crises
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s prime minister warned on Wednesday that any reversal of his crisis-fighting reforms could endanger the country’s recovery, adding he believed voters will back his course in an Autumn election.
U.S. concerned about Thailand move on martial law: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is concerned that Thailand’s announcement that it was lifting martial law will not accomplish objectives such as protecting freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, a representative for the U.S. State Depart…
Turkey blackout not cyber attack, no risk to Europe power link-up
ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A power outage that blacked out most of Turkey on Tuesday was not due to a cyber attack and will not threaten a deal to link up with European grids, leading energy officials said.
Greek anti-establishment protesters occupy buildings, enter parliament grounds
ATHENS (Reuters) – Anti-establishment protesters occupied several public buildings in Greece and briefly entered the grounds of parliament in Athens on Wednesday, calling for the release of jailed members of a Marxist group.
