Italy approves measures to accelerate asylum procedures
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s parliament approved on Tuesday measures to accelerate asylum procedures, cutting the number of possible appeals and speeding up deportations of rejected migrants.
Honing Brexit campaign, EU takes aim at UK residence red tape
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should tell London to cut red tape that makes it hard for EU expats to confirm their residence in Britain, senior EU officials said after a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to prepare for Brexit talks.
Venezuela says second young man killed in anti-Maduro protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday a 20-year old man had been fatally shot in the neck on Monday night while he was at a protest in the city of Valencia, the second confirmed death in anti-government unrest in the…
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.
