Norway cuts Afghan aid over violence against women, corruption
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will slightly reduce its aid to Afghanistan from next year, signaling to Kabul that it has not done enough to combat corruption and violence against women, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
Guinea’s opposition demands annulment of legislative vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s opposition coalition demanded the annulment of a September 28 legislation election on Friday, citing what it said were widespread irregularities in the voting process and threatening to call for protests.
Litvinenko lawyers to decide on final bid for public inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) – The widow of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy murdered in London in 2006, made a tearful appeal on Friday for financial help to establish whether the Moscow government was behind the killing.
India announces warm-up for world’s biggest election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will hold five state elections in November and December, authorities said on Friday, kicking off a contest that is expected to boost the profile of Hindu nationalist opposition leader Narendra Modi ahead of a general electio…
India announces warm-up for world’s biggest election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will hold five state elections in November and December, authorities said on Friday, kicking off a contest that is expected to boost the profile of Hindu nationalist opposition leader Narendra Modi ahead of a general electio…
Guinea’s opposition demands annulment of legislative vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s opposition coalition demanded the annulment of a September 28 legislation election on Friday, citing what it said were widespread irregularities in the voting process and threatening to call for protests.
Guinea’s opposition demands annulment of legislative vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s opposition coalition demanded the annulment of a September 28 legislation election on Friday, citing what it said were widespread irregularities in the voting process and threatening to call for protests.
Pope, in Assisi, calls on Church to shun vanity
ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Church, from the lowliest priest to the pontiff himself, must strip itself of all “vanity, arrogance and pride” and humbly serve the poorest members of society, Pope Francis said on Friday.
Analysis: Kenya’s intelligence work hurt by corruption, rivalries
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s intelligence and security forces will struggle to avert bloody attacks like the one on a shopping mall last month as long as rank-and-file police officers can be easily bribed and rivalry among agencies hinders information s…
Tourists dismayed at shutdown of U.S. D-Day site in Normandy
SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – American tourists visiting a D-Day cemetery in Normandy, northern France, expressed anger upon discovering that the white-cross memorial they had traveled thousands of miles to see was closed due to a U.S. gove…
