Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, other key bodies
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, deemi...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Sumatra, Indonesia - EMSC
(Reuters) - Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, The quake was at a depth of 40 km(24.85 mile...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Nigeria court charges two students over 'blasphemy' death
By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two students were on Monday charged in court with conspiracy and inciting public disturbance after a college student was beaten and burned by fellow students...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
In El Salvador's gang crackdown, quotas drive 'arbitrary' arrests of innocents
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Dozens of innocent people have been apprehended in El Salvador in recent months amid President Nayib Bukele's "war on gangs," after superiors forced officer...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Indigenous Canadians make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit
(Reuters) - As Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the indigenous community are calling on the British royal family to formally acknowledge...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
North Korea dispatches IT workers to raise funds for nuclear program, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea is seeking to raise revenue for it nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs by dispatching IT workers who look for employment around the globe while posed as n...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Nine civilians killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine's Donetsk region - governor
(Reuters) - Nine civilians were killed by Russian attacks on Monday in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the region's governor said. Pavlo Kyrylenko, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said nine...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Train driver dies and dozens injured in crash near Barcelona
MADRID (Reuters) - The driver of a suburban passenger train died and dozens were lightly injured after two trains crashed outside Barcelona on Monday evening, Catalan regional authorities said. Some 8...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Azovstal commander says obeys order to save lives
(Reuters) - A senior commander of Ukrainian forces holed up beneath the Azovstal steel mill besieged by Russian forces said he was carrying out a decision by the military high command to save the live...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
Envoy says Finland prepared for any kind of attack by Russia -Die Welt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Finland's ambassador to Germany, Anne Sipilainen, is not worried about Russia's threats over her country's move to join NATO as she sees Finland as prepared for any kind of attac...
Thomson Reuters May 16, 2022
