In Lebanese camp for Palestinian refugees, fears after aid cut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – In Burj al-Barajneh camp, Amira Nassar fears for the future after the United States cut aid to the U.N. agency that helps her and many others among the estimated 170,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Iranian opposition cleric accuses Khamenei of abuse of power
LONDON (Reuters) – Instead of blaming others Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should take responsibility for Iran’s economic and political shortcomings, an opposition leader under house arrest said in a letter published on Tuesday.
Broadcasters shut as Kenyan opposition leader takes symbolic oath of office
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities shut down television and radio stations on Tuesday as supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga watched him take a symbolic presidential oath on the Bible in a Nairobi park in a direct challenge to President Uh…
Philippines files murder, kidnap charges against doctor linked to planned New York attacks
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine justice ministry has filed charges of murder and kidnapping against a doctor linked to a foiled plot to mount gun and bomb attacks in the heart of New York City, over his role in the abduction of six sawmill workers in…
Angered by Trump, Palestinian protesters disrupt business seminar U.S. helped organize
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians protesting against U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy on Jerusalem halted a U.S.-coordinated Palestinian marketing workshop in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, damaging an American diplomatic vehicle as…
60,000 North Korean children may starve as sanctions slow aid: UNICEF
GENEVA (Reuters) – An estimated 60,000 children face potential starvation in North Korea, where international sanctions are exacerbating the situation by slowing aid deliveries, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Hungary’s Orban visits Austria’s right-wing government, seeking allies
VIENNA (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday will meet the leaders of Austria’s new ruling coalition of conservatives and the far right, fellow hard-liners on immigration who are open to forging closer ties with him in a divided …
Catalonia postpones vote for new president, sticks with Puigdemont
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia on Tuesday postponed the election of a new regional president until further notice after Spain’s highest court said the sole nominee, separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, was ineligible while he remains a fugitive from just…
Stockholm truck attacker wanted to ‘run over unbelievers’: prosecutors
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The man who mowed down pedestrians with a truck, killing five, in Stockholm last April had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and had planned his attack for months, prosecutors said in charges filed on Tuesday.
Woman sues Japanese government over forced sterilization as a teen
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese woman who was forcibly sterilized as a teenager due to intellectual disabilities sued the government on Tuesday in the first case of its kind, seeking compensation because her basic human rights had been trampled on.
