Venezuela opposition head Aveledo resigns
CARACAS (Reuters) – The leader of Venezuela’s opposition coalition, Ramon Aveledo, resigned on Tuesday after a five-year stint in which he united fractious politicians but failed to end socialist rule.
Iran frees U.S.-Iranian, three journalists still held: source
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian-American man detained along with three journalists in Iran last week has been released, a source close to one of those being held said on Wednesday.
Fourth female suicide bomber hits Nigeria’s Kano, kills six
KANO Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew herself up at a college in northern Nigeria’s biggest city of Kano on Wednesday, killing six people in the fourth such attack there in less than a week, the government said.
Nigeria finds 10-year-old girl with bomb strapped to her
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian forces have arrested two Boko Haram suspects who were traveling with a 10-year-old girl with explosives strapped to her, the government said on Wednesday.
U.S. blacklists North Korea shipping firms over arms shipments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday blacklisted two North Korean shipping firms that it said tried to conceal arms shipments from Cuba to North Korea, following a similar move by the United Nations.
Temporary ceasefire in Tripoli, 75 bodies found in Benghazi
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rival Libyan militias fighting for control of Tripoli’s airport agreed to a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday to allow firefighters to try to control a huge blaze at a fuel depot hit by a rocket.
Trial over Malaysian plane crash not likely at ICC: Dutch
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands or Malaysia is likely to try those responsible for the downing in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, not the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Dutch said on Wednesday.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 reported off Papua New Guinea: USGS
(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was recorded off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey reported.
Spanish, Catalan leaders stand ground in independence tussle
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalan President Artur Mas failed to break the deadlock over Catalonia’s independence drive on Wednesday, both standing firm on their positions when they met for the first time in a year.
U.N. battles for more people-trafficking convictions
VIENNA (Reuters) – Global efforts to stop the multi-billion-dollar business of trafficking in people are being hampered by perceptions that it is a soft crime unlikely to be punished, the head of the U.N. drugs and crime office told Reuters.
