U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality.
Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops
SIVERSK (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces.
Would-be bomber who caused Stockholm lock-down gives up to police
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday gave himself up and was taken away by police, a spokesman said.
Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria’s capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to the south from their northern heartland.
Enigmatic Iranian military man at center of U.N. nuclear investigation
VIENNA (Reuters) – He is believed to top the list of elusive Iranian officials the U.N. nuclear watchdog wants to query. Exiled foes of the Islamic state cite him as the mastermind of clandestine efforts to design an atomic bomb. Tehran is mum about hi…
Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria’s capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to the south from their northern heartland.
Would-be bomber who caused Stockholm lock-down gives up to police
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday gave himself up and was taken away by police, a spokesman said.
Ecuador says talks with Britain over Julian Assange at an impasse
LONDON (Reuters) – Ecuador said on Thursday that talks with Britain on a standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were at an impasse as the Australian prepared to spend a third year holed up at the country’s London embassy.
Italy’s Renzi agrees to meeting with 5-Star Movement on reforms
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Thursday proposed a meeting with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to discuss political reforms, potentially changing the path followed so far towards changing the electoral law and the polit…
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 1 million: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – The number of Syrians who are housed in refugee camps and cities in neighboring Turkey has reached 1.05 million, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told a news conference on Thursday.
