Pistorius forced to look at ‘exploded’ head of girlfriend
PRETORIA (Reuters) – A South African prosecutor forced Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday to look at a forensic photograph that showed the head of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after it was blown open by a hollow-point bullet fired by the Olympic and Paraly…
Twin car bombs in Syria’s Homs kill at least 21 people
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 21 people including women and children were killed by twin car bombs in the central Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday, a monitoring group and state media said.
Cuba says U.S. hunger striker’s treatment in prison ‘dignified’
HAVANA (Reuters) – A U.S. contractor who has launched a hunger strike while serving a long prison term in Cuba is receiving “dignified and decent treatment” in a hospital ward where he is in stable health, a Cuban official said on Wednesday.
Kenya deports Somalis, arrests hundreds in crackdown after attacks
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya said on Wednesday it had deported 82 Somalis and rounded up hundreds of others without proper documents, part of a security crackdown launched after repeated attacks claimed by militants from neighboring Somalia.
Trinidad’s ex-Prime Minister Robinson dies at 87
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s former Prime Minister and President A.N.R. (Ray) Robinson, one of the architects of the International Criminal Court, died on Wednesday at age 87 after a long illness.
Top EU election candidates struggle to find differences
PARIS (Reuters) – The top two rival candidates to lead the European Commission struggled on Wednesday to find real policy differences in the first live television debate ahead of European Parliament elections next month.
Cuba says U.S. hunger striker’s treatment in prison ‘dignified’
HAVANA (Reuters) – A U.S. contractor who has launched a hunger strike while serving a long prison term in Cuba is receiving “dignified and decent treatment” in a hospital ward where he is in stable health, a Cuban official said on Wednesday.
Toronto stabbing leaves two with life-threatening injuries
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto police took a man into custody on Wednesday and four people were sent to hospital, two of them with life-threatening injuries, after a stabbing at an office building in the city’s north end, a police spokesman said.
France’s Hollande names European expert his chief of staff
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande appointed a close friend and former European affairs minister to the strategic post of his chief of staff on Wednesday and reshuffled his private office to tighten the country’s relations with Brusse…
Germany asked U.S. about monitoring of Merkel but got no response: MP
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government asked the United States what information the National Security Agency had collected on Angela Merkel after monitoring her mobile phone for years but got no response, a German lawmaker said on Wednesday.
