Russia’s Lavrov says West wrong to blame Moscow over Ukraine
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the West on Friday for what he said were constant attempts to blame Russia for the crisis in east Ukraine and said Moscow was not isolated over the conflict.
U.N. rights experts seek review of U.S. police practices
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts on Friday called for a halt to racial profiling by U.S. law enforcement officers and a review of laws allowing police to use lethal force.
U.S. training of Syrian rebels still months away: coalition chief
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Western plans to train and equip non-jihadi rebels in Syria will not start until at least late February, a leading opposition figure said on Friday, depriving them of support they need to counter both rival insurgents and Syrian …
Spurred by mass abduction, Mexicans scour for remains of their dead
IGUALA, Mexico(Reuters) – Terrorized by brutal drug gangs and corrupt police, residents around this town in southwestern Mexico have for years kept silent when relatives disappeared, fearing they would be targeted next if they made a fuss.
Controversial Canadian law criminalizes men who buy sex
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Men who use prostitutes in Canada could face up to five years’ imprisonment under new laws criminalizing the purchase of sex.
UK’s Cameron asks Pakistan to treat Briton jailed for blasphemy fairly
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron asked his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday to ensure a British man jailed for blasphemy is treated fairly and that his history of mental health is taken into account.
Seventeen migrants dead, 278 saved in Strait of Sicily: navy
ROME (Reuters) – Italian sailors have rescued 278 migrants in the Strait of Sicily but found 16 others dead in their inflatable boat and one more who died shortly after help arrived, the navy said on Friday.
Eleven Indian soldiers, police dead in attack on camp in Kashmir
URI, India (Reuters) – Militants sneaked into an Indian military camp in Kashmir on Friday, killing 11 soldiers and police, the worst losses for security forces in six years in the Himalayan territory claimed by Pakistan.
Eastern Libyan government conducts air strikes on border with Tunisia
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Forces allied to one of two rival governments vying for power in Libya conducted air strikes near the Tunisian border and vowed to shut the main land border crossing between the two countries, officials said.
Gulf countries’ failure to take Syrian refugees ‘shameful’: Amnesty
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Wealthy Gulf states have failed to resettle a single refugee from the Syrian conflict – a “particularly shameful” omission by countries that should be at the forefront of those offering shelter, Amnesty Internation…
