Iraqi PM calls on political forces to unite: state TV
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called on Iraq’s bickering political factions on Friday to unite.
Stampede at Hindu festival kills 32 in eastern India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 32 people were killed in a stampede during a Hindu festival in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Friday, most of them women and a few children, the state police chief said.
Ex-bodyguard jailed for trying to kill Rwandan President Kagame
KIGALI (Reuters) – A former bodyguard of Rwanda’s Paul Kagame was sentenced to life on Friday for plotting to kill the president, but he complained that he had been kidnapped and said he would appeal.
Video campaign brings stories of domestic violence to U.S. public
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One night, Ebony was lying in bed in her New York apartment, exhausted after working all day and taking care of the children, when her partner walked into their bedroom, drunk and demanding sex.
Sri Lanka seeks help from the U.N. to resettle asylum seekers
COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sri Lanka has asked the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, for help to resettle scores of mainly Pakistani asylum seekers in another country, saying many are economic migrants and a threat to the security and h…
In Brazil election turnaround, incumbent emerges as favorite
BRASILIA (Reuters) – When more than a million Brazilians took to the streets last year in anti-government protests, many believed it was a sign that the ruling Workers’ Party would be ousted at the next election after 12 years in power.
Romania president backs probe of ex-ministers in school software deal
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president said on Friday he had given his approval for prosecutors to open a criminal investigation against five former ministers suspected of money laundering, abuse of office and bribery tied to software licenses for s…
U.N. nuclear watchdog seeks to advance Iran investigation
VIENNA (Reuters) – A high-level U.N. nuclear watchdog team will visit Tehran for talks in coming days, Iran said on Friday, more than a month after it missed a deadline for addressing questions about its suspected atomic bomb research.
Ex-Murdoch British editor admits phone-hacking offense
LONDON (Reuters) – A former newspaper editor, whose emails led to the exposure of widespread phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct British tabloid, the News of the World, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally listening to people’s voicemails.
Two Myanmar men admit to murders of Britons in Thailand; DNA matches: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two Myanmar workers have confessed to killing two British tourists in Thailand and a DNA match has been found, police said on Friday, adding that a case that damaged the country’s tourism industry had almost been resolved.
