At least 10 people killed in shelling on and near school in Ukraine’s Donetsk: city authorities
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when shells hit a school playground and a mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, city authorities and Reuters witnesses said.
Britain drops terrorism charges against vocal ex-Guantanamo inmate
LONDON (Reuters) – A British man who was once held at Guantanamo Bay will be freed from prison, police said on Wednesday, after prosecutors dropped accusations that he had attended a terrorism training camp in Syria a week before he was due to go on tr…
Taliban bomb Afghan army vehicles in Kabul, seven dead
KABUL (Reuters) – Two Taliban suicide bombers carried out separate attacks on Afghan army vehicles in Kabul on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring 19, the government said, a day after Afghanistan signed security deals with NATO and the United …
Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shi’ite Muslim stronghold: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gunmen shot and wounded a Saudi policeman in the eastern part of the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported late on Tuesday, in an attack that highlights the volatile situation in the area ahead of the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage.
Russia sees chance of six-party talks on North Korea resuming
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with North Korea’s foreign minister on Wednesday that he saw a possibility of six-party talks resuming on Pyongyang’s nuclear programme but that it would take time.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic accuses prosecutors of lying
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic accused prosecutors of lying about his role in Bosnia’s descent into civil war to make up for a lack of evidence as he took the floor to wrap up his defense at the end of his long-runnin…
Nigeria’s campaigning president says ‘turning tide’ against Islamists
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday the army was turning the tide against Boko Haram Islamists and he trumpeted his government’s achievements in what sounded like a bid for re-election just months before a president…
Exclusive: India set to run out of critical free drug for HIV/AIDS program
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India could run out of a critical medicine in its free HIV/AIDS drugs program in three weeks due to bureaucratic bungling, a senior government official said, leaving more than 150,000 sufferers without life-saving drugs for about …
Australian aircraft to support U.S.-led air strikes in Iraq: PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian aircraft will join the U.S.-led coalition in air strikes against Islamic State insurgents in Iraq in an initial support role, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, ahead of a final decision to undertake bombing mis…
U.S. embassy issues warning after clashes in Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Myanmar on Wednesday issued a warning to its citizens travel ling in eastern Myanmar after clashes between the military and ethnic minority rebels.
