As drugs flood into Gaza, Hamas to get tougher on smugglers
GAZA (Reuters) – Marijuana and prescription painkillers are flooding into the Gaza Strip as never before, prompting officials from the ruling Islamist group Hamas to seek tougher punishments for smuggling drugs into the blockaded territory.
Israel’s women combat soldiers on frontline of battle for equality
ISRAELI MILITARY BASE, Golan Heights(Reuters) – Not far from the Syrian border, two Israeli soldiers – a man and a woman – faced off in a training session of Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique.
Ukraine protesters keep graft trial on track despite health scare, bomb threats
KIEV (Reuters) – A judge ordered Ukraine’s top tax official on Tuesday to be jailed or pay a hefty bail pending his trial for suspected embezzlement, in a landmark ruling hailed by protesters as a blow for transparency in one of Europe’s most corrupt c…
German court rejects injunction for Facebook in Syrian selfie case
WUERZBURG, Germany (Reuters) – A German court rejected a temporary injunction against Facebook on Tuesday in a case brought by a Syrian refugee who sued the social networking site for failing to remove faked posts linking him to crimes and militant at…
Trapped by war and a Turkish wall, Syrians dig in for long exile
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fawaz Atmeh and Mohammed Musa’s families were among the first to flee Russia’s intervention in the Syrian conflict, sheltering in tents on boggy ground near the Turkish border as jets bombed their villages further east.
Trump’s Czech admirer Zeman weighs presidential re-election bid
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman, one of Donald Trump’s greatest admirers in Europe, is likely to announce a re-election bid this week after a first term marked by sniping at journalists, warnings on Muslim immigration and a growing frien…
Putin pardons woman sentenced to seven years in penal colony for text message
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pardoned a 46-year old woman who was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for sending a text message to a Georgian acquaintance about the movement of Russian military equipment.
H&M factory in Myanmar damaged in violent labor dispute
YANGON (Reuters) – Workers demanding better conditions and benefits have destroyed the production line of a Chinese-owned factory making clothes for Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz, in one of the most violent labor disputes in Myanmar in years.
Two children killed in Yemen drone strike: residents
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two Yemeni boys were killed in a drone strike while walking on a road in central Yemen used by al Qaeda militants who have been subject to repeated strikes by U.S. forces in recent days, residents said on Tuesday.
Turkish PM says allies’ choice of Syrian Kurdish YPG as partner unfortunate
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday it was unfortunate that some of Turkey’s allies had chosen the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia as a partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria.
