KAMPALA, Uganda – Activists say a bill seeking to regulate the operations of civic groups in Uganda will hamper their operations and could be used to target those seen as opposed to the government. The draft legislation gives the interior minister and a national board the authority to approve, inspect …
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QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador’s largest indigenous association is complaining that it was left off of Pope Francis’s agenda during his visit to Ecuador, where the group has been at odds with President Rafael Correa. The head of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities, Jorge Herrera, said Roman Catholic Church officials never …
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Venezuela has decided to stop buying much of Guyana’s rice crop amid an escalating border dispute between the South American neighbors, the Guyanese finance minister said Thursday. Finance Minister Winston Jordan said Venezuelan officials informed him during a visit to Caracas that they will be acquiring rice …
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LONDON – Britain says it’s creating a “secure zone” in the French port of Calais for British-bound trucks to tackle the problem of migrants stowing away in the vehicles. Home Secretary Theresa May said Tuesday that the move would provide a secure waiting area for 230 vehicles and stop truck …
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LONDON – A British judge has sentenced a Hungarian gang believed to have sexually exploited hundreds of women to prison terms of up to 14 years. Detectives executed dozens of warrants in Hungary and Britain, arresting 11 people in 2014, after a woman who escaped from a London brothel told …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Mideast envoy says Israel and the Palestinians are further apart than ever from achieving a peace agreement that would lead to a two-state solution. Nickolay Mladenov warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that “the rise of violent extremism and terrorism” in the region poses …
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QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on a police convoy, killing two officers and a woman passer-by in the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, the Quetta police chief, says police fired back and killed one of the attackers in Monday’s …
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LONDON – One of Britain’s biggest unions has backed left-wing contender Jeremy Corbyn to lead Britain’s opposition Labour Party, and a major bookmaker has made the former outsider odds-on favorite to win the contest. General secretary Dave Prentis of Unison, which represents more than 1 million public-sector workers, said the …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian authorities have charged Russian oil producer Lukoil with complicity in money laundering worth 1.77 billion euros ($1.95 billion). Prosecutors at the Court of Appeal in Ploiesti, where Lukoil’s refinery is based, on Monday charged Romanian and Russian company managers for allegedly misusing the company’s credit and …
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BERLIN – The U.N.’s top human rights official has expressed alarm at the death sentence imposed on an alternative health practitioner in Iran. The U.N. human rights office says Mohammad Ali Taheri was sentenced to death Saturday after being found guilty of “corruption on Earth.” Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the U.N. …
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