By Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a motion to increase monitoring of human rights abuses in Sudan where hundreds of civilians have been killed since a conflict erupted last month. The Western-led motion, which passed with 18 in favour and 15 against, had been…
CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea was hit by further anti-government protests on Thursday after organisers said at least seven people had been killed and 32 injured during demonstrations in the capital Conakry and other towns a day earlier. Police in riot gear fired tear gas at protestors who threw rocks and burnt tyres in Conakry on Thursday,…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian brigade commander fighting in the ruins of Bakhmut said Russian mercenary forces have stepped up shelling and artillery attacks in recent days and were not facing a munitions shortage, despite its chief’s claims to the contrary. Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has complained for weeks that Russia’s…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday announced that 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by Islamic State in Libya in 2015 are being recognised as martyrs by the Vatican. He revealed the move during a meeting with Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church and said he was doing so…
By Asif Shahzad (Reuters) -Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday by an anti-graft agency on corruption charges. Government officials alleged that Khan and his wife received land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a real estate tycoon through a charitable trust. Khan and his aides have denied any wrongdoing….
By Christina Amann and Ilona Wissenbach BERLIN (Reuters) -A shooting at a Mercedes-Benz plant in the city of Sindelfingen in southwestern Germany left two men dead on Thursday, mounting pressure on Berlin to tighten the country’s already-strict gun laws. Police arrested the suspect, a 53-year-old man, who opened fire on the victims before security workers…
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine raised record proceeds from selling small state assets in the first quarter of this year despite Russia’s invasion and aims to privatise thousands more in an economic overhaul, the head of the State Property Fund said. Since his appointment to head the fund last September, Rustem Umerov has…
By Ece Toksabay and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) -The man challenging Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey’s presidential elections this weekend received a boost on Thursday when a small party candidate abruptly withdrew and a closely-watched poll gave him a more than five percentage point advantage. The withdrawal by Muharrem Ince, one of four contesting Sunday’s presidential…
By Jonathan Stempel and Nate Raymond BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out the fraud convictions of two wealthy fathers charged with involvement in a vast college admissions conspiracy to pay bribes so children could attend top universities. In a 3-0 decision, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – As nearby explosions from Israeli air strikes continued to rock their Gaza home for the third night this week, Hani al-Hindi and his wife slept with their six children huddled together in the same room, where they felt it was safer. Next to the front door,…
