U.S.-Iran education exchange plans cool over hardliners’ spy charges
WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) – Just before last year’s nuclear deal with Iran, five U.S. universities visited the country to explore renewing educational ties that flourished before the Islamic Revolution.
Finnish court remands six Cuba volleyball players over suspected rape
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Six volleyball players from the Cuban national team were remanded in custody by a district court in Finland on Tuesday over a suspected aggravated rape.
Dhaka attack deals blow to improvements in post-Rana Plaza garment industry – analysts
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A deadly attack by Islamist militants in Dhaka may stymie efforts by the Bangladeshi government and Western retailers to improve the rights and safety of garment workers, labor rights experts warned on Tuesday.
Iraqi forces advance towards Islamic State-held air base south of Mosul
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have retaken a cluster of northern villages from Islamic State militants, the government said on Tuesday, pushing closer to an air base that could serve as a springboard for an offensive to retake Mosul, the biggest cit…
China says suspect in NZ extradition case ‘hyping up’ right to fair trial
BEIJING (Reuters) – A murder suspect China wants extradited from New Zealand is “hyping up” his right to a fair trial so as to evade justice, China said on Tuesday, after a New Zealand court told the government to reconsider its decision to send the ma…
Killing of mother in Saudi Arabia sparks debate about Islamic scholar
DUBAI (Reuters) – Driven by radical beliefs, twin brothers allegedly killed their mother in Saudi Arabia after she tried to stop them from joining Islamic State in Syria in a case that outraged Saudi Arabians worried about rising Islamic militancy.
Spanish police raid town halls, businesses in latest graft inquiry
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police raided town halls and businesses across the country on Tuesday, arresting 12 people as part of a sweeping investigation into the suspected infiltration of local governments by organized crime.
Diplomatic ties help Israel defang international criticism
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Ahead of the release last week of a report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the Quartet of Middle East mediators, the word from diplomats was that it would be hard-hitting, especially on Israel and its settlement building.
Rome police detain homeless man over killing of American student
ROME (Reuters) – A homeless Italian man was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of murdering 19-year-old American university student Beau Solomon, police said.
Pope raps countries that talk of peace in Syria but supply arms
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Tuesday criticized countries which are arming the warring parties in Syria while speaking at the same time of peace.
