Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Malawi has passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in a country where half of girls end up as child brides.
Separatists to battle on for east Ukraine town: senior rebel
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists cannot “morally” stop fighting for control of a town in east Ukraine where they have encircled government troops despite a peace deal, a senior rebel representative said on Tuesday.
Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko agree steps on ceasefire: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on concrete steps with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to allow the OSCE to observe the situation in eastern Ukraine given the fragility of the agreed ceasefire, a German government spokesman …
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted northern Japan on Tuesday, hours after an earlier quake triggered evacuation warnings in towns along the coast.
Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire
VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse…
China sacks city police chief over slap-up salamander feast
BEIJING (Reuters) – A police chief in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has been sacked after colleagues roughed up a group of reporters who had tried to report on a group of officers feasting on a giant salamander, an endangered animal in China.
Defiant Danes march after gunman attacks Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Danes gathered at torch-lit memorials around the country on Monday, commemorating victims of deadly attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting free speech that shocked a nation proud of its record of safet…
Bomb hits vehicle in Afghan capital, wounds one: police
KABUL (Reuters) – A bomb attached to a vehicle wounded one person in Kabul early on Tuesday, police said, breaking a recent lull in attacks in the Afghan capital.
China to punish senior official for breaking family planning law
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will prosecute a former senior provincial official suspected of crimes such as breaking the strict family planning laws, graft and abuse of power, the government said on Tuesday.
In Rohingya camp, tensions mount over Myanmar plan to revoke ID cards
THAE CHAUNG, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s decision to revoke temporary identification cards for minorities is raising tensions among its 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims, who have effectively been disenfranchised just days after parliament approved a law …
