Pope’s Asia trip to address poverty, dialogue, climate change
COLOMBO/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in coming days to underscore his concern for inter-religious dialogue, poverty and the environment.
London cleric Abu Hamza sentenced to life in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison on Friday for his conviction on terrorism-related charges, including his role in the 1998 kidnapping of Western tourists in Yemen that left four ho…
After string of jet crashes, a struggle to re-train pilots
(Reuters) – As investigators hunt for what caused an AirAsia jet to crash in an equatorial storm on Dec 28, the aviation industry is still struggling to apply the lessons of accidents in similar weather over the past decade.
French forces kill newspaper attack suspects, hostages die in second siege
PARIS/DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France (Reuters) – Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed on Friday when anti-terrorist police stormed their hideout, while a second siege ended with the …
Offensive against Rwandan rebels in Congo to affect hundreds of thousands: U.N.
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of civilians are likely to be forced to flee their homes during a planned offensive by Congolese and United Nations forces against Rwandan Hutu rebels entrenched in eastern Congo, a U.N. agency has warned.
Indonesia says ‘pings’ detected in search for AirAsia flight recorders
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet detected pings they believed were from the plane’s black box flight recorders on Friday, 12 days after it went missing wit…
U.S. calls on Moscow to release jailed Ukrainian pilot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday called on Moscow to immediately release a jailed Ukrainian military pilot who has been moved to solitary confinement.
Sri Lanka’s strongman president voted out after a decade
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa lost his bid for a third term on Friday, ending a decade of rule that critics say had become increasingly authoritarian and marred by nepotism and corruption.
South Sudan massacres last year may be war crimes: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Hundreds of civilians were massacred in two separate incidents in South Sudan last year in which victims were targeted for their ethnicity, nationality or political views, possibly amounting to war crimes, the United Nations …
Nigerian forces fight to reclaim town of Baga from Boko Haram
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian ground forces backed by air strikes are fighting to reclaim Baga from Islamist militant group Boko Haram which seized the northeastern town and a nearby military base at the weekend, a government spokesman said on Friday.
