New U.N. investigator to probe digital spying
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations top human rights body agreed on Thursday to appoint a special investigator to probe digital spying and violations of online privacy.
Cuba proposes quick start to human rights dialogue with U.S.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Thursday proposed that a pending human rights dialogue with the United States begin on Tuesday in Washington, parallel to ongoing negotiations about restoring diplomatic ties that were severed in 1961.
Father of slain U.S. blogger says no progress in Bangladesh probe
DHAKA (Reuters) – The father of a U.S. blogger who was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh complained on Thursday about the lack of a breakthrough in the month since the killing.
North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean spies
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said late on Thursday it had arrested two South Koreans based in the Chinese border city of Dandong, accusing them of spying for South Korea.
U.S. ‘troubled’ by Thai leader’s threat to execute journalists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was troubled by reports that the head of Thailand’s military junta had threatened to execute journalists who do not report the truth and hoped he was not serious.
Post-election unrest could hamper aid efforts in Nigeria
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Escalating violence by Boko Haram militants in recent months has uprooted hundreds of thousands in northeast Nigeria and led to a “humanitarian crisis”, aid agencies said on Thursday, amid fears that post-election …
Protests continue a week after woman lynched in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – The lynching of a woman by a mob in the Afghan capital continued to fuel public anger on Thursday, as residents gathered at the site of her death to protest a week after the killing.
More teenage recruits as Yemen conflict intensifies, U.N. says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – All warring sides in Yemen are increasingly using teenage boys to swell their ranks as fighting intensifies, the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Exclusive: West holds off on Ukraine aid pledges, seeking reforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International lenders are delaying plans to offer Ukraine billions of dollars on concerns Kiev cannot yet prove the cash will not vanish into a corrupt economy which EU officials fear could remain a “bottomless pit”.
U.N. boosts peacekeepers in Central African Republic by 1,000
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday boosted the number of peacekeepers in Central African Republic by more than 1,000 after the mission was overburdened by a need to protect infrastructure and senior officials in …
