New law needed to allow torture victims to sue Afghan government: activists
KABUL (Reuters) – Human rights activists are urging Afganistan’s President Ashraf Ghani to expand anti-torture laws enacted months ago to allow victims abused by security forces to seek restitution and compensation.
After decades of war, Colombia’s FARC rebels to debut political party
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist FARC rebel group will debut its political party at a conference beginning on Sunday, a key step in its transition into a civilian organization after more than 50 years of war and its first chance to announce policy…
Top anti-graft inspector at China’s finance ministry under investigation for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of the anti-graft committee for China’s Ministry of Finance has been put under investigation himself for suspected graft, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog said on Sunday.
Storm Pakhar hits Hong Kong and Macau days after deadly Hato
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tropical storm Pakhar brought strong winds and heavy rain to Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just four days after one of the strongest typhoons on record, Hato, caused serious flooding and damage in the territories and killed at le…
Ceasefire halts Syria-Lebanon border fight against Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese soldiers in Islamic State captivity since 2014 are almost certainly dead, a senior security official said on Sunday, just hours after the army announced a ceasefire to hold talks over their fate.
China promotes army general who fought Vietnam in 1979 border war
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military has promoted an army general who fought Vietnam in a brief border war in 1979, the Defence Ministry said, part of a broad reshuffle expected as part of this autumn’s Communist Party congress.
Britain to urge EU to show ‘imagination’ in Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will urge the European Union on Monday to show “imagination” in Brexit talks and help focus discussion on future ties rather than on a divorce settlement.
Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron’s performance, a poll showed on Sunday, a dramatic decline for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago.
UK opposition Labour to offer alternative soft Brexit in policy shift
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is announcing a policy shift which opens the possibility of the country remaining in the European Union’s single market and customs union for several years as part of a “soft” Brexit, a spoke…
Al Qaeda says senior commander in Somalia al Shabaab affiliate killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – A senior commander in al Shabaab, Somalia’s al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist rebels, was killed last month in a U.S. airstrike, the group said on Saturday in an online statement.
