In Jerusalem’s cramped Old City, Christians feel the squeeze
JERUSALEM, June 21 (Reuters) – – When hundreds of Jewish nationalists marched through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City this month, waving banners and chanting songs in what has become an annual ritual, it wasn’t only Muslims watching warily. …
Yemen missile launch, deadly air strike shake truce
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – A Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted a missile fired in Yemen on Tuesday and residents said an air strike by the alliance killed and wounded eight civilians, straining a civil war ceasefire.
French police arrest one, swoop on houses in cop killer investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – French police on Tuesday arrested a man with suspected links to the killer of a police commander and raided several houses, the prosecutor’s office said, part of a deepening investigation into last week’s attack claimed by Islamic Sta…
Amid protests, China dog-meat festival gets low-key opening
YULIN, China (Reuters) – China’s southern city of Yulin began its annual dog meat festival on Tuesday despite opposition from animal rights activists, as residents complained of new government measures to keep the festival low key.
U.S. condemns attack on Jordan border guards, promises help
AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.S. government condemned as a “cowardly terrorist act” a car bomb attack that killed six Jordanian border guards in a military zone near the border with Syria on Tuesday.
Man found wearing fake bomb belt causes security scare in jittery Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A man who said he was wearing a bomb belt rigged to explode by remote control caused a major scare in a Brussels commercial district on Tuesday before police found the device contained only salt and biscuits, officials said.
Proposals to curb online speech viewed as threat to open internet
SAN FRANCISCO/ TORONTO (Reuters) – At least a dozen countries are considering or have enacted laws restricting online speech, a trend that is alarming policymakers and others who see the internet as a valuable medium for debate and expression.
Greece’s bailout funds released; EU’s Juncker hails Greek efforts
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece got more than 7 billion euros in bailout funds on Tuesday after a review of the country’s progress in implementing economic reforms, the head of the euro zone’s bailout fund told reporters in Athens.
In Brexit vote, echoes of Trumpism minus Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – To U.S. voters who have witnessed the rise of Donald Trump, the campaign urging Britain to abandon the European Union may appear eerily familiar.
German court rejects appeal by Turkish president in Springer case
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German appeals court on Tuesday said it had rejected an appeal filed by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan after a lower court refused to grant him an injunction against the CEO of German publisher Axel Springer.
