Bangladesh to turn island into temporary home for 100,000 Rohingya refugees
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh approved a $280 million project on Tuesday to develop an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to temporarily house 100,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar.
Suspected Istanbul airport bomber thought killed in Georgia: three sources
TBILISI (Reuters) – A former Islamic State warlord suspected of masterminding a deadly attack on Istanbul airport in 2016 is believed to have been killed during a special operation in ex-Soviet Georgia last week, three sources familiar with the case to…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe is gone, but political kow-towing still abounds
HARARE (Reuters) – Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule may be over, but a culture of political fawning by the Zimbabwean state media and fear of those in authority still flourishes.
Report on deadly raid meant to make Philippine police ‘look bad’, says chief
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ national police chief said on Tuesday that Reuters had timed a report on a deadly anti-drug raid to make his officers “look bad” as President Rodrigo Duterte mulls returning them to drug-war operations.
Ivanka Trump, feted in India, calls for closing gender gap in business
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump kicked off a global business summit in southern India on Tuesday calling for better opportunities for women entrepreneurs battling heavy odds around the world.
Turkey-backed rebels in Syria put IS jihadists through rehab
MAREA, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Shaven-headed former jihadists filled a classroom in northern Syria as a Muslim cleric taught them a more moderate form of Islam than the version they had imposed in Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate.
Damascus shelling kills three before truce agreed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Shelling killed three people in the last major rebel stronghold near Damascus on Tuesday, a war monitor said, shortly before the UN Syria envoy said the government had agreed a ceasefire there.
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa opens three-month amnesty window for return of stolen funds
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has opened a three-month amnesty window for the return of public funds illegally stashed abroad by individuals and companies, he said on Tuesday.
Egypt security forces kill 11 suspected militants in raid
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces have killed 11 suspected militants in a shootout near the Sinai, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, just days after more than 300 people were killed in an attack on a mosque in North Sinai.
Kenya president sworn in, rival Odinga promises own inauguration
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday, shortly before riot police teargassed the convoy of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who promised supporters he would be sworn in himself on Dec. 12.
