In Iraq minefields, an old war leaves a menacing legacy
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – The Iraqis who pick over their country’s old battlefields for military scrap metal and wiring have few other ways to make a living, but the task comes with enormous risks.
Lawyer tells German court neo-Nazi suspect is not murder accomplice
MUNICH (Reuters) – A lawyer for a member of a neo-Nazi gang accused of murdering 10 people more than a decade ago urged judges on Tuesday to dismiss accusations by German prosecutors that she was an accomplice in the crimes.
Police kill at least 37 Maoist militants in central India
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) – The number of Maoist militants killed in an ambush by Indian security forces has risen to 37 after more bodies were pulled out of a river on Tuesday, authorities said.
Palestinian U.N. aid still $200 million short after Trump cuts
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Emergency food aid for around a million Palestinians in Gaza may run out from June if the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees cannot raise another $200 million following a cut-off in U.S. funding, the agency said on Tuesday.
All-male no more: London’s Parliament Square gets first statue of a woman
LONDON (Reuters) – A statue of 19th century British feminist leader Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in London’s Parliament Square on Tuesday, the first monument honoring a woman in a public space previously occupied by 11 statues of men.
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.
