Prosecutors seek second genocide conviction, life sentence for Karadzic
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Prosecutors appealed to a United Nations court in the Hague on Tuesday to convict former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide for the killing of Croats and Muslims across Bosnia during the 1992-95 war.
Syrian government plans to retake north Homs from rebels next: minister
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The Syrian government plans to recover an opposition-held pocket north of Homs city soon after it completes surrender deals with armed groups around the capital Damascus, a Syrian government minister said on Tuesday.
Finnish MP’s defection could threaten reforms, shake government
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A Finnish lawmaker’s decision to switch parties could jeopardize the government’s reform plans and destabilize the center-right ruling coalition, whose three parties together control just 105 of the parliament’s 200 seats.
Toronto van attack suspect due in court on Tuesday
TORONTO (Reuters) – The driver suspected of killing 10 people and injuring 15 others when he plowed a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto will make his first court appearance on Tuesday when details of a motive for the attack were expected to emerge…
Local tensions flare up before Lebanese election
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Incidents of political violence including an assault on one candidate and an attack on the office of another are casting a shadow over Lebanon’s first general election in nine years.
Public outcry after China campus #MeToo activist ‘pressured into silence’
BEIJING (Reuters) – It was a heartfelt letter calling for China’s prestigious Peking University to make public its investigation into a decades-old alleged rape and suicide that galvanized China’s fledgling #MeToo movement.
Monument to feminist trailblazer Fawcett unveiled outside London’s parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – A statue of British women’s rights leader Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in Parliament Square on Tuesday, the first monument to a woman to be erected on the historic site.
Toronto van attack suspect expected in court on Tuesday
TORONTO (Reuters) – A driver suspected of killing 10 and injuring 15 others when he plowed a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto will make his first court appearance on Tuesday when details of a motive for the attack were expected to emerge.
China lambastes U.S. in annual rebuttal to rights criticism
BEIJING (Reuters) – China lambasted the United States on Tuesday for hypocrisy and its own rights problems such as racism and political scandals, in its annual rebuttal to criticism from Washington about China’s human rights record.
ASEAN summit to focus on Myanmar, South China Sea but little progress expected
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian leaders will focus on trade wars, the crisis in Myanmar and security tensions in the disputed South China Sea at a summit this weekend, but it’s highly unlikely there will be any headline-grabbing progress on the i…
