Desperate for news, Rohingya refugees tune in to ‘WhatsApp radio’
By Simon Lewis, Zeba Siddiqui and Tommy Wilkes
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Sat in his hillside grocery shop in (More…)
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Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)
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Puerto Rico oversight panel seeks outside manager for power utility PREPA
By Nick Brown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The federal board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances said on Wednesday it intends to (More…)
Syrian army captures Islamic State position, eyes final stronghold
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies seized an oil pumping station in eastern Syria from Islamic State, (More…)
Israel willing to resort to military action to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons: minister
By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran (More…)
North Korea diplomat says take atmospheric nuclear test threat ‘literally’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The recent warning from North Korea’s foreign minister of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific (More…)
Shooting, tear gas, bonfires mar Kenya election re-run
By Maggie Fick
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition supporters clashed with police and threw up burning barricades on Thursday, (More…)
India defends ties with North Korea in talks with Tillerson
By Jonathan Landay and Aditya Kalra
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s foreign minister defended the country’s ties with North Korea (More…)
Troops and strays, the only signs of life in ruined Marawi
By Martin Petty
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – With vehicles crushed and overturned and buildings reduced to skeletons of mangled (More…)
Kenya crisis deepens as judges’ absence means vote goes ahead
By George Obulutsa and Katharine Houreld
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya plunged deeper into crisis on Wednesday after a no-show by (More…)
Crisis over Catalan independence nears crucial few days
By Paul Day and Angus MacSwan
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is likely to go to Madrid (More…)
