Hundreds of thousands evacuated from path of Philippine typhoon
MANILA (Reuters) – Around half a million people fled coastal villages and landslide-prone areas in the central Philippines on Friday, a day before a powerful typhoon was expected to hit the island nation where thousands died in a storm 13 months ago.
Kenya takes step toward recognizing intersex people in landmark ruling
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan court has ordered the government to issue a birth certificate to a five-year-old child born with ambiguous genitalia, in a landmark ruling that the child’s lawyer said was a first step toward recognizing …
Russia’s Lavrov says West wrong to blame Moscow over Ukraine
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the West on Friday for what he said were constant attempts to blame Russia for the crisis in east Ukraine and said Moscow was not isolated over the conflict.
U.N. rights experts seek review of U.S. police practices
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts on Friday called for a halt to racial profiling by U.S. law enforcement officers and a review of laws allowing police to use lethal force.
U.S. training of Syrian rebels still months away: coalition chief
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Western plans to train and equip non-jihadi rebels in Syria will not start until at least late February, a leading opposition figure said on Friday, depriving them of support they need to counter both rival insurgents and Syrian …
Spurred by mass abduction, Mexicans scour for remains of their dead
IGUALA, Mexico(Reuters) – Terrorized by brutal drug gangs and corrupt police, residents around this town in southwestern Mexico have for years kept silent when relatives disappeared, fearing they would be targeted next if they made a fuss.
Controversial Canadian law criminalizes men who buy sex
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Men who use prostitutes in Canada could face up to five years’ imprisonment under new laws criminalizing the purchase of sex.
UK’s Cameron asks Pakistan to treat Briton jailed for blasphemy fairly
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron asked his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday to ensure a British man jailed for blasphemy is treated fairly and that his history of mental health is taken into account.
Seventeen migrants dead, 278 saved in Strait of Sicily: navy
ROME (Reuters) – Italian sailors have rescued 278 migrants in the Strait of Sicily but found 16 others dead in their inflatable boat and one more who died shortly after help arrived, the navy said on Friday.
Eleven Indian soldiers, police dead in attack on camp in Kashmir
URI, India (Reuters) – Militants sneaked into an Indian military camp in Kashmir on Friday, killing 11 soldiers and police, the worst losses for security forces in six years in the Himalayan territory claimed by Pakistan.
