Italian Senate vote gives boost to Renzi electoral law deal
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Senate approved an amendment to a new electoral law on Wednesday, paving the way for the passage of a cornerstone of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s reform program in the upper house next week.
Thai migrant workers in Israel face serious labor abuses: report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai agricultural workers in Israel face serious labor rights abuses, including low pay, excessive hours and hazardous conditions, which may have contributed to a disturbing pattern of deaths among them, a report s…
German kidnapped in northern Nigeria released in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – A German kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamist militants in northern Nigeria’s Adamawa State in July has been released following an operation by Cameroon’s military and its allies, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
Palestinian stabs seven people in Tel Aviv attack: officials
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A Palestinian stabbed and wounded seven people on a Tel Aviv commuter bus and in the street in a morning rush-hour attack on Wednesday before he was shot by a security officer as he fled, Israeli officials said.
Japanese reporter’s bid to save friend led to IS abduction
TOKYO (Reuters) – It is an unlikely friendship that ties the fates of war correspondent Kenji Goto and troubled loner Haruna Yukawa, the two Japanese hostages for which Islamic State militants demanded a $200 million (132.34 million pounds) ransom this…
U.S. State official: ‘gaps remain’ in some areas in Iran nuclear talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday there is still a “credible chance” for international negotiators to reach a viable agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.
Afghan parliament rejects cabinet nominees over dual citizenship
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s parliament said on Wednesday it will not confirm seven out of 25 nominees to a long-awaited cabinet because they hold dual citizenship, another obstacle to President Ashraf Ghani forming a government after nearly four mo…
France reinforces security, spy agencies after attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – France is to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to boost national security and intelligence, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday, two weeks after 17 people were killed by Islamist militants.
Merkel plays down expectations from new Ukraine talks in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she hoped a new round of talks with Ukraine and Russia in Berlin could help implement an elusive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine but warned against expecting too much, given another upsurge in t…
On Ebola front line, first glimpse of end to epidemic
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Here at the front line of the Ebola epidemic, the tide seems to be turning against the disease.
