Ex-aide to Queen Elizabeth’s husband charged with sex offences
LONDON (Reuters) – A former aide to Prince Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, has been charged with sex offences against a girl in the 1970s, a period he was working for the royal family, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Doctor says Australia covering up mental illness in asylum-seeker children
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A former healthcare worker at Australia’s immigration detention centers said on Thursday the government asked him to cover up evidence that children held in the camps were suffering from widespread mental illness caused by their conf…
El Salvador detains Spanish priest for smuggling cell phones into jail
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvadoran police detained a Spanish priest known for supporting a fragile gang truce over allegations he smuggled cell phones into jail, police said, a move questioned later on Wednesday by El Salvador’s president.
Carnage at U.N. school as Israel pounds Gaza Strip
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a U.N.-run school and another 17 near a street market on Wednesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fightin…
Moscow fights back after sanctions; battle rages near Ukraine crash site
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine even as G7 leaders warned of further steps, while Ukraine’s government accused pro-Russian rebels of placing land mines near the site of a crash…
U.S. bars Venezuelan officials accused of abuses in protests
WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Washington barred a group of Venezuelan officials, including government ministers and presidential advisers, from the United States on Wednesday after accusing them of abuses in a crackdown on protests against President N…
Army breaks up protests as Yemen raises fuel prices
SANAA (Reuters) – One woman was killed in protests that erupted in Sanaa on Wednesday after the Yemeni government announced a rise in fuel prices.
Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Hezbollah commander has died during a mission in Iraq, sources familiar with the incident said on Wednesday, indicating the Lebanese group that is already fighting in Syria’s civil war may be involved in a second conflict in the re…
Shi’ite militia hangs up 15 executed Sunnis in Iraqi square
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public square in the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.
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.
