Iraq says Turkey relations cannot improve without troop withdrawal: TV
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday relations with northern neighbour Turkey could “not move forward one step” without a withdrawal of Turkish forces from a camp in northern Iraq, state television reported.
Huge crowd bids farewell to Iranian ex-president who fell out with supreme leader
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Iranians massed in central Tehran on Tuesday for the funeral of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential figurehead of the Islamic Republic whose pragmatism led to a rift with Iran’s supreme l…
Swedish parliament to vote on gender quota for company boards
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s minority center-left coalition will introduce legislation in February to make listed companies increase the number of women in their boardrooms, news agency TT said on Tuesday.
Iceland center-right inks coalition deal, parliament to vote on EU referendum
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Iceland’s center-right Independence, Reform and Bright Future parties have agreed to form a coalition government and will give parliament a vote on whether to hold a referendum on joining the European Union, the three parties said…
Iraq forces advance in Mosul but civilian toll mounts
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces fought their way into more districts of Mosul but advances in the city’s southeast were being slowed by Islamic State’s use of civilians for cover, military officials said on Tuesday.
Turkish police kill would-be suicide bomber in southeast: security official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police killed a would-be attacker who tried to enter the main police station in the southeastern city of Gaziantep on Tuesday and were searching for a second assailant, in what one security official told Reuters was an attemp…
Displacement fears fuel South Asia protests over infrastructure projects
MUMBAI/DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Protests against a power plant in Bangladesh and an industrial zone in southern Sri Lanka highlight growing anger across South Asia at big development projects which displace villagers, analysts and activists…
Muslim girls must attend mixed swim class: European rights court
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls school swimming lessons in Switzerland did not have the right to do so, the European Court of Human Rights ru…
France’s Fillon says to outline EU plans to Merkel
PARIS (Reuters) – French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon said on Tuesday he would meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the coming days to outline his plans for Europe.
U.S. citizens targeted after extradition of Haiti ex-coup leader
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian police have evacuated some 50 U.S. citizens to safety after attempted attacks by supporters of Haitian Senator-elect Guy Philippe, who was arrested and extradited to the United States last week, a police official said…
