U.N. calls for $111 million for crucial aid for North Korea
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations has called for $111 million to fund crucial humanitarian needs this year in North Korea, which it said remains drastically under-funded.
Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, on Thursday drew up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s “aggression” and setting its sights on joining the U.S.-led NATO military alliance.
U.N. seeks $174 million to support refugees fleeing Boko Haram
DAKAR (Reuters) – The United Nations launched an appeal on Thursday to raise slightly over $174 million to support refugees who have fled to Chad, Niger and Cameroon to escape northern Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.
Man kills judge, two others on rampage through Milan courthouse
MILAN (Reuters) – A trial defendant shot dead a judge and two others on Thursday on a rampage through a Milan courthouse, casting a harsh spotlight on public security measures that Italy tightened earlier this year.
Algerian army kills four militants east of Algiers: ministry
ALGIERS (Reuters) – The Algerian army has killed four suspected Islamist militants east of the capital Algiers, the defense ministry said on Thursday, in an operation that seized weapons and explosives including a suicide bomb belt.
Freed Dutch Al Qaeda captive describes three-year desert ordeal
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutchman freed from captivity in Mali by French soldiers this week described his struggle to remain mentally and physically well during the three and a half years he spent sleeping outside in the desert as an Al Qaeda hostage.
Donors’ broken aid pledges made most nations miss education goals: U.N.
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Donors’ failure to provide promised funds has led to two-thirds of countries missing some targets in a drive to improve education, with 58 million children still out of school and 781 million adults still illite…
Taliban attack on Afghan court kills police chief, 7 others
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons stormed a court in Afghanistan’s northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday and killed eight people including the district police chief, authoriti…
U.S., European police break up network of 12,000 computers taken over by criminals
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States have dismantled a network comprising at least 12,000 in computers that had been taken over by criminals, Europol said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Shipping lines pull back from Yemen as conflict escalates
LONDON (Reuters) – International shipping lines are being forced to scale back or suspend port calls to Yemen as the conflict gets worse, putting pressure on supplies of food as prices rise in local markets.
