Sri Lanka questions independence of U.N. human rights boss
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka questioned the independence of the human rights office of the United Nations on Wednesday, a day after the United States asked the U.N. to investigate human rights violations by the Sri Lankan government.
Clashes erupt at army base over pay in tense South Sudan
JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – At least five soldiers were killed in fighting between soldiers over delayed salaries at a barracks in South Sudan’s capital on Wednesday, an army spokesman said, three months after clashes in the same military base trigger…
Liberal Egyptian group opposes any Sisi run for presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s April 6 protest group, which helped topple Hosni Mubarak in 2011, spoke out on Wednesday against any attempt by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to seek the presidency, saying this would be divisive and destabilizing.
West presses Iran to address suspected atomic bomb research
VIENNA (Reuters) – Western powers pressed Iran on Wednesday to tackle suspicions that it may have worked on designing an atomic bomb and the United States said the issue would be central to the success of talks on a final settlement over Tehran’s nucle…
Macedonia’s lawmakers dissolve parliament, early vote likely in April
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Macedonia voted to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for a snap election expected in April after the multi-ethnic ruling coalition failed to agree on a candidate for president.
Three suspected militants killed in drone strike in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – Three suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in northwestern Yemen on Wednesday, in what local officials said was a strike by a U.S. drone.
Macedonia’s lawmakers dissolve parliament, early vote likely in April
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Macedonia voted to dissolve parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for a snap election expected in April after the multi-ethnic ruling coalition failed to agree on a candidate for president.
Roadside bomb kills six Pakistani soldiers as violence spirals
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed at least six soldiers on Wednesday as militant violence spiraled across Pakistan amid the government’s increasingly futile efforts to engage the Pakistani Taliban in peace negotiations.
Ambitious U.S. hospital project in Afghanistan faces failure
KABUL (Reuters) – An ambitious U.S.-funded project to build hospitals in Afghanistan has run into the ground, with the largest hospital ever planned in the country unlikely to open in full, U.S. and Afghan officials said.
I’m not a superman, Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has played down the notion that he is a “superman” who will bring sweeping reforms to the Roman Catholic church, stressing that its ban on contraception and opposition to gay marriage will remain in place.
