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(Reuters) – The news websites of Reuters, including those in English and Chinese, were inaccessible in China on Friday, after users first experienced difficulties accessing them late on Thursday.
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Britain’s top court to rule on Prince Charles’s government letters
(Reuters) – Britain’s top court will rule next week whether “frank” letters sent by Prince Charles to government ministers should be made public, potentially embarrassing the heir-to-the-throne and raising the contentious issue of royal interference in politics. For years, the
EU sea mission braces for record year of Mediterranean migrants
ABOARD THE TYR, March 20 (Reuters) – With migration across the Mediterranean surging, the European Union’s largest border operation is bracing for a record year of arrivals by sea, especially as summer brings calm waters between Italy and Libya. Off
ICC should prosecute Islamic State for Iraq genocide, war crimes – UN
GENEVA, March 19 (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office said on Thursday that Islamic State fighters may have committed genocide against the minority Yazidi community in Iraq as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians
Mystery of Darwin’s strange South American mammals solved
(Reuters) – To 19th century British naturalist Charles Darwin, they were the strangest animals yet discovered, one looking like a hybrid of a hippo, rhino and rodent and another resembling a humpless camel with an elephant’s trunk. Ever since Darwin
Muslim Cattle Herders Kill 82 in Christian Village in Central Nigeria
(Reuters) – Cattle herders killed 82 people and wounded 25 in a village in central Nigeria over grazing rights, police said on Tuesday, less than two weeks before a national election in which political and ethnic tensions are running high.
Prince Harry to Quit Armed Forces after 10 Years
(Reuters) – Prince Harry announced on Tuesday he will leave the armed forces after a decade of service that included two tours of duty in Afghanistan. The Queen’s 30-year-old grandson, the fourth-in-line to the throne, said he would quit the
Referendum on EU in 2015 Unlikely, Says Cameron
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said there was only a “pretty slim” chance that he could bring forward to 2015 a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union which he wants to hold if
Christians say under siege in Modi’s India after rape, attacks
KOLKATA, March 16 (Reuters) – Christians in India said on Monday that the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not done enough to protect their religion, after a spate of attacks including the rape of a 75-year-old
Venezuela’s Maduro Threatens to Come to U.S. to Challenge Obama
(Reuters) – Ridiculing the U.S. qualification of Venezuela as a security threat, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday he may travel to Washington to challenge American counterpart Barack Obama.
Russia Declares Right to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea
(Reuters) – Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so.
Watch: South African Television Reporter Mugged on Camera
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two men, one armed with a gun, were caught on camera late on Tuesday mugging a South African journalist as he prepared for a live television report on Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s hospital treatment.
Suriname Leader’s Son Gets 16 Years in U.S. Prison for Hezbollah Aid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of Suriname’s president was sentenced on Tuesday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to U.S. charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah.
One Dead, 11 Wounded in Series of Attacks in Egypt
(Reuters) – A series of bombings killed one person and injured nine in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria on Sunday and an attack by unidentified gunmen in another province wounded two others, security and medical sources said.
Syria Kills Nusra Front Leader, Putting Future of Jihadist Group in Question
(Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch was left reeling on Friday after its military chief was killed in an apparent army air strike, adding to confusion over the future path of the most powerful group opposing both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State.
U.S. Army Commander: 12,000 Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Supporting Rebels
(Reuters) – The U.S. military estimates around 12,000 Russian soldiers are supporting pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges said on Tuesday.
Fugitive ex-U.S. Spy Snowden in Talks on Returning Home
(Reuters) – A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of the government’s mass surveillance programs was working with American and German lawyers to return home.
Kerry Says Putin ‘Misinterprets’ U.S. Efforts in Ukraine
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin misinterpreted a lot of what Washington was doing and trying to do in Ukraine.
Reuters: Obama Says Iran Must Halt Nuclear Work for at Least a Decade
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday thatIran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement.
Jordan, Israel Agree to $900 Million Red Sea-Dead Sea Project
(Reuters) – Jordan and Israel signed an agreement to go ahead with a World Bank-sponsored project to build a desalination plant in the Gulf of Aqaba and a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea.
Yemen Ex-President Amassed up to $60 Billion, Colluded with Rebels
(Reuters) – Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is suspected of corruptly amassing as much as $60 billion, equivalent to Yemen’s annual GDP, during his long rule, and colluding in a militia takeover last year, U.N.-appointed investigators have told the Security Council.
U.S. Military Trains African Armies Ahead of Boko Haram Campaign
(Reuters) – Under the glare of the Saharan sun, a U.S. special forces trainer corrects the aim of a Chadian soldier as he takes cover behind a Toyota pick-up and fires at a target with his AK47 — a drill that could soon save his life.
Pro-Islamic State Militants Seize Libyan University
(Reuters) – Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State have seized the university in the central Libyan city of Sirte, residents said on Thursday, days after a video showed them staging a convoy parade.
Pakistan, Afghan Officials Say Taliban Signal Readiness for Talks as China Offers to Broker
(Reuters) – Senior Pakistani army, Afghan and diplomatic officials said on Thursday the Afghan Taliban had signalled they were willing to open peace talks with Kabul.
ISIS Releases Video Allegedly Showing Murder of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya
(Reuters) – Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the militant group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya.
