UK deputy PM says open to inquiry over spies’ role in torture
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday he would support an inquiry into whether British spies were complicit in CIA torture of terrorism suspects, if other investigations failed to uncover the truth.
Blasts kill at least 40 in Nigerian city of Jos
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.
Kenya defends international court cooperation on president’s case
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Kenya defended its involvement with the International Criminal Court on Thursday as prosecutors seek to have the country held accountable by the court’s member states for failing to cooperate on an investigation of President …
Wife of ex-Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo must face Hague trial: ICC
AMSTERDAM/ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday said Ivory Coast must hand over Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former president Laurent Gbagbo, to stand trial in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.
Kerry tells all nations to work on climate to avoid ‘tragedy’
LIMA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for all nations to work for an ambitious U.N. deal next year to fight climate change, saying time was running out to reverse a course “leading to tragedy”.
Poland says Russian maneuvers in Baltic unprecedented
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s military is engaging in an unprecedented amount of activity around the Baltic Sea, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on Thursday.
Japan PM Abe’s base aims to restore past religious, patriotic values
TOKYO (Reuters) – As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promises voters a bright future for Japan’s economy, key parts of his conservative base want him to steer the nation back toward a traditional ethos mixing Shinto myth, patriotism and pride in an ancient i…
‘We’ll be back’ Hong Kong protesters chant, as camp site dismantled
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested pro-democracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted: “We will be…
End poverty? Sometimes it really may take a village
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A French countess, who sold off her jewels, artwork and real estate to build an unusual village-based anti-poverty program, plans to release details of the initiative next year as an open source tool-kit for othe…
Spain passes anti-protest bill, to considerable protest
MADRID (Reuters) – The conservative-led Spanish parliament passed an anti-protest bill on Thursday against heavy opposition from politicians and activist groups, who say the law violates the right to protest, limits freedom of expression and gives more…
