Russian finance minister demands close watch on spending
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia must cut expenditure to cover what could be a more than $45 billion drop in revenues this year if the average oil price is $50 a barrel, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday.
Women’s privacy abused at UK asylum centre-campaign group: TRFN
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Female asylum seekers, often survivors of sexual violence, are denied dignity and privacy by being routinely watched and searched by male staff in Britain’s Yarl’s Wood detention centre, a report by rights group Wo…
Indian court allows marine charged with murder to extend stay in Italy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Wednesday allowed one of two Italian marines facing murder charges to extend his stay in his home country after heart surgery, further delaying the start of a trial that strained diplomatic relations.
Sweden Democrats to issue vote of non-confidence against PM
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats will call a vote of non-confidence against Prime Minister Stefan Lofven after he called off snap elections due later this year, acting party leader Mattias Karlsson told local media on Wednesd…
Malawi floods kill at least 48, damage crops
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi President Peter Mutharika has declared half the southern African country a disaster zone after torrential rains over the past few days killed at least 48 people and left around 70,000 homeless.
Anti-government protesters torch Bangladesh bus, four dead
DHAKA (Reuters) – Four passengers aboard a Bangladesh bus were burned alive on Wednesday when anti-government protesters threw a petrol bomb at the packed vehicle, taking the death toll from a bloody nation-wide blockade to 18.
Ukraine bus attack kills 12 as airport battle worsens
KIEV (Reuters) – A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine, killing 12 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces.
Most British Jews feel they have no future in Europe: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – A quarter of Jews in Britain have considered leaving the country in the last two years and well over half feel they have no long term future in Europe, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
Hundreds protest, some sewing lips shut, amid rising tension in Australian refugee camp
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike at an Australian immigration detention center in Papua New Guinea, rights groups said on Wednesday, with some sewing their lips shut to highlight fears for their security.
Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year’s kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday.
