Burundi’s vote to withdraw from war crimes court stirs concern in The Hague
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Burundi’s parliamentary vote last week to leave the International Criminal Court poses “a setback in the fight against impunity,” the court’s governing body said on Tuesday.
Turkish nationalists favor parliament system, not against a referendum
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s nationalist opposition is in favor of maintaining the country’s parliamentary system but is not against holding a referendum on introducing an executive presidency, its leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday.
Americans in Philippines jittery as Duterte rails against United States
OLONGAPO, Philippines (Reuters) – In a bar along the Philippines’ Subic Bay owned by an American military veteran, the main topic of conversation is not the upcoming U.S. election despite the Donald Trump coffee mugs, photographs and caps on display.
Iraqi forces say 20 villages fall in first day of battle for Mosul
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Armed forces closing in on Mosul said on Tuesday they had secured some 20 villages on the outskirts of the city in the first 24 hours of an operation to retake what is Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Iraq.
Obama hails Renzi’s Italian reforms, criticizes EU austerity
ROME (Reuters) – Barack Obama praised the political “vision” of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in a newspaper interview on Tuesday ahead of a state visit by Renzi to Washington, and criticized EU rules that rein in national budgets.
Man arrested over alleged rape inside UK parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an alleged incident inside Britain’s Houses of Parliament, London police said on Tuesday.
Coalition warplanes kill 20 Islamic State militants in Syria: Turkish army
ANKARA (Reuters) – United States-led coalition warplanes killed 20 Islamic State militants in Syria over the last 24 hours, the Turkish military said on Tuesday, nearly two months into a Turkey-backed rebel operation to drive the jihadists away from th…
Refugee from Iraq pleads guilty in U.S. to attempting to join Islamic State
(Reuters) – An Iraqi-born man who entered the United States as a refugee pleaded guilty on Monday in Texas to attempting to volunteer to fight with Islamic State, federal prosecutors said.
Turkish capital bans public meetings due to militant attack fears
ANKARA (Reuters) – Authorities in the Turkish capital Ankara have banned public meetings and marches until the end of November after receiving intelligence that militants were planning attacks in the city, which has been targeted with bombings over the…
For U.S. and Obama, Mosul campaign is calculated risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraq and the United States have launched a crucial battle to liberate the city of Mosul without determining how its volatile region will be governed once Islamic State militants are ejected, U.S. and other officials said.
