World Bank plans to halve extreme poverty by 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday said the global development lender will seek to halve extreme poverty by 2020, an interim goal as the bank seeks to fulfill its poverty-fighting targets.
Fire from Syria wounds Israeli soldier on Golan Heights
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two mortar bombs fired from Syria hit an Israeli military post on the occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday, wounding an Israeli soldier, in an incident that drew Israeli return fire, the military said.
Kenya says not lobbying Africans to quit Hague court
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya is not lobbying other African states to quit the International Criminal Court, its foreign minister said on Wednesday ahead of an African Union summit set to discuss ties with the court.
Former dictator Musharraf granted bail, free to leave Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf could leave Pakistan as soon as Thursday after a decision by a court paving the way for his release, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Passenger lands plane after pilot falls ill
LONDON (Reuters) – A passenger with almost no flying experience landed a light aircraft after being talked down by an instructor on the ground when the pilot fell ill at the controls mid-air, a British airport said on Wednesday.
Poll finds Westerners opposed to military intervention in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Over half of the people surveyed in an international Reuters/Ipsos poll are opposed to foreign military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and more are against their own countries intervening in the conflict.
Turkish court upholds convictions of top officers over coup plot
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s appeals court upheld convictions on Wednesday of top retired military officers for leading a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government a decade ago, in a case underlining civilian dominance over a once all…
German president expects progress on Ukraine’s Tymoshenko
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – German President Joachim Gauck said on Wednesday he expected to see progress towards the release of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose detention in prison threatens to derail a free trade deal between Ukraine…
Foreign donors urged to help bar Afghan rights violators from polls
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s aid donors should use their leverage to force the government to ban human rights violators from competing in a presidential election next year, a human rights group said on Wednesday.
Around 60 dead in clashes in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Around 60 people have been killed in sectarian clashes in Central African Republic between local militias and former rebels, witnesses and a local official said on Wednesday.
