Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped Nigerian girls for prisoners
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for its prisoners, according to a video posted on YouTube on Mond…
Hundreds of Chinese families seek wartime compensation from Japan
BEIJING (Reuters) – As relations between China and Japan plumb a new low, the descendants of hundreds of Chinese men forced to work in wartime Japan are taking big, modern-day Japanese corporates to court. They are seeking millions in compensation.
UK Cameron’s party in poll lead for first time in over two years
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party took the lead in two opinion polls ahead of European elections, the first time it has led the opposition Labor party in a national opinion poll for more than two years.
Nearly half of people around world fear torture in custody: Amnesty
BERLIN (Reuters) – Nearly half of people around the world fear becoming a victim of torture if taken into custody, a poll for human rights organization Amnesty International showed on Tuesday.
As elections near, polls show Europeans feel disconnected from Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – With just over a week to go until European Parliament elections, two separate polls on Monday suggested around two-thirds of Europeans feel their voices are not heard in Brussels, although trust in the European Union is rebounding …
Iran and IAEA end talks, unclear if progress made
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran ended a three-hour meeting on Monday without announcing any new action to allay concerns about Tehran’s atomic activities, leaving it unclear whether headway was achieved.
U.S. would welcome Modi as India leader despite past visa ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama faces the prospect this week of having to offer his congratulations to a new Indian leader who was barred from the United States less than 10 years ago over massacres of Muslims in 2002.
Healthcare to undergo serious surgery in tough Australian budget
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Healthcare in Australia is set for its biggest shake-up since the introduction of universal coverage in the 1970s, as part of a tough federal budget on Tuesday that critics fret is taking the country towards a U.S.-style system.
South Sudan’s president says 2015 election to be delayed
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan will postpone the 2015 presidential election to give warring factions time to reconcile, President Salva Kiir said on Monday, but his rival in a conflict that is threatening to tear apart the world’s newest nation said the …
Rebels appeal to join Russia after east Ukraine referendum
DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine called on Monday for their region to become part of Russia, the day after staging a referendum on self-rule, although Moscow stopped short of endorsing their bid for ann…
