African girls to sue British Airways over alleged abuse by pilot
LONDON (Reuters) – Girls and young women who allege they were sexually abused by a British Airways (BA) pilot in African schools and orphanages plan to sue the airline, a law firm representing them said on Wednesday.
Australian asylum seeker policy is ‘child abuse’: religious leaders
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian senator on Wednesday accused the government of trying to whitewash its hard-line asylum seeker policies by blocking access to a detention center holding 157 Sri Lankan migrants recently held at sea by authorities for al…
Three killed in car bomb in Cairo: Egyptian state-run TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three people were killed in a car bomb blast on Wednesday in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt’s state-run Nile Television said.
U.S. judge says cannot seize Kurdish crude for now
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A high-stakes dispute over a tanker carrying $100 million in Iraqi Kurdish crude took a surprising turn on Tuesday when a U.S. judge said she lacked jurisdiction given the ship’s distance from the Texas shore and urged that the case…
No safe haven in China’s corruption crackdown: People’s Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will not allow exceptions in its corruption crackdown, its main official newspaper said on Wednesday, a day after news of a probe into former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of China’s most influential politicians …
Colombia president says ‘demented’ FARC attacks could end peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos warned on Tuesday that continuing attacks perpetrated by leftist FARC guerrillas, many of which target infrastructure, could bring an end to peace negotiations with the government.
Bombs in Syria’s Aleppo kill 13 pro-Assad fighters: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Opposition forces in Syria exploded bombs in tunnels under Aleppo late on Tuesday and killed at least 13 fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the northern city, a group tracking the violence said.
Israel intensifies Gaza assault, Egyptians revise truce plan
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel knocked out Gaza’s only power plant and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets on Tuesday, while Egyptian mediators prepared a revised proposal for halting its war with Islamist guerrillas in the enclave. Israel’…
U.S. judge says cannot seize Kurdish crude for now
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A high-stakes dispute over a tanker carrying $100 million in Iraqi Kurdish crude took a surprising turn on Tuesday when a U.S. judge said she lacked jurisdiction given the ship’s distance from the Texas shore and urged that the case…
U.S. accuses Venezuela of using oil to press Aruba on extradition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States accused Venezuela on Tuesday of using economic pressure, including a reported threat to close an oil refinery, to apply pressure on the Netherlands not to extradite an official whom Washington wants on drugs cha…
