South Sudan war puts neighbor’s tolerance of refugees to the test
PAGARINYA, Uganda (Reuters) – A year ago the view from Ugandan teacher Richard Inyani’s mud hut was wilderness, land untouched since the 1990s and the murderous rampages of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army.
With media muzzled, Turkish ‘no’ voters seek alternative channels
IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Strolling down the quayside in Izmir, a liberal bastion on Turkey’s Aegean Coast, Kubilay Mutlu and his Street Orchestra sing of “the naked emperor” and the collapse of sultanates in a bid to rally “no” voters ahead of Sunday’…
Western push at U.N. to boost backing for Syria gas attack inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Wednesday on a push by the United States, Britain and France to bolster support for international inquiries into a deadly toxic gas attack in Syria, diplomats said, a move Russ…
China will get better U.S. trade deal if it solves North Korea problem: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had told China’s President Xi Jinping at a summit last week that Beijing would get a better trade deal with Washington if it helped solve the U.S. problem with North Korea.
Yahoo accused of mismanaging funds meant for Chinese dissidents
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc has been hit with a lawsuit saying it failed to safeguard more than $17 million it pledged to help jailed Chinese dissidents in a 2007 settlement.
Erdogan says referendum turnout among Turks abroad jumps
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turks living overseas are turning out in greater numbers to vote in a referendum on changing the constitution to create an executive presidency, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, a development that pollsters say could benefit…
Serbian authorities detain 20 migrants and relocate up to 200 into southern camp
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian authorities have detained 20 migrants in the north of the country while up to another 200 were rounded up and sent to a camp in the south, a government official said on Tuesday.
Trump approves Montenegro’s membership in NATO – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the U.S. instrument of ratification for Montenegro’s accession to NATO, the White House said in a statement.
EU prolongs sanctions on Iran over human rights violations
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday extended until April 2018 sanctions against Iran for “serious human rights violations”, a narrower measure than restrictions the bloc had already lifted after an international accord on Tehran’s nuclea…
Palestinians vow to disband Islamist group in volatile Lebanese camp
AIN EL-HILWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Palestinian leaders said on Tuesday they would break up an armed Islamist group involved in clashes with security forces inside the volatile Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon.
