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Three detained pro-Palestinian activists end hunger strike

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Three pro-Palestinian activists detained in Britain ended their hunger strike on Wednesday, with some of them facing imminent death from the effects of their protest, campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said in a statement. All of the hunger strikers have ...
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Activist in Costa Rica denies plotting to assassinate the president

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) - A Costa Rican activist and government critic accused of plotting to kill President Rodrigo Chaves said Wednesday that the allegations were ridiculous and politically motivated. Costa Rica's national security chief Jorge Torres told prosecutors Tuesday that a hitman allegedly ...
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Venezuela’s acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday vowed to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro during her first press conference since Maduro was ousted by the United States earlier this month. Rodríguez served as Maduro's vice president since ...
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Syrian military tells civilians to evacuate contested area east of Aleppo amid rising tensions

Syria's military said it would open a corridor Thursday for civilians to evacuate an area of Aleppo province that has seen a military buildup following intense clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo city. The army's announcement late Wednesday - which said civilians would ...
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Iran tops Netanyahu’s many challenges as Israeli elections loom

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face voters this year for the first time since the 2023 Hamas attack shook his security credentials, with the outcome of the latest crisis in Iran likely to be key to ...
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Italian judge acquits influencer Chiara Ferragni over charity fraud claims

MILAN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - An Italian judge on Wednesday acquitted Italian fashion influencer Chiara Ferragni on charges of fraud over allegedly misleading claims linked to charity sales of a Christmas cake and Easter eggs, judicial and legal sources said. The trial, held in a ...
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France bans British far-right activists targeting migrant boats

PARIS (AP) - Ten members of a British far-right group have been banned from entering France where they have been accused of destroying small boats used by migrants trying to reach the U.K., the French Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The ban, pronounced Tuesday, bars the ...
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Photos show sacred deer wandering through Japan’s ancient capital during Japan-South Korea summit

NARA, Japan (AP) - In Japan's ancient capital, Nara, deer moved through grass fields and shaded paths, lowering their heads toward visitors holding special crackers made just for them. Nara this week hosted a Japan-South Korea summit, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is ...
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Cambodia says Thai troops still occupy civilian areas, testing December truce

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Martin Petty Jan 14 (Reuters) - Thailand's military continues to occupy civilian areas in Cambodia, having barricaded some with barbed wire and shipping containers, posing a risk to a truce between the neighbours who clashed twice last year, the Cambodian foreign ...
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Actor-director Tim Busfield jailed on child sex abuse charges

By Steve Gorman Jan 13 (Reuters) - Actor-director Timothy Busfield surrendered to authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday to face child sexual abuse charges, accused of inappropriately touching two young cast members on the set of a television show he was directing and producing. According to ...
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Brunei sultan to undergo knee replacement surgery

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Brunei's ruler Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah will undergo knee replacement surgery this weekend, with a recovery period expected to last between two to three months, his office said. The 79-year-old sultan, one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, will ...
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US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dead at 86

By Steve Gorman Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, arrested at age 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks' similar but more famous act of defiance, died ...
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