Bahrain move against Shi’ite leader ‘clearly unjustified’: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Bahrain’s decision to revoke the citizenship of the spiritual leader of the kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim majority is “clearly unjustified” under international law, a spokeswoman for the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.
Egyptian court voids deal to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court declared void on Tuesday a maritime border accord with Saudi Arabia that would have seen Egypt lose control of two Red Sea islands, judicial sources said.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian bystander after Israeli cars attacked
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops mistakenly killed a Palestinian bystander on Tuesday while responding with gunfire to a petrol bomb and rock attack on Israeli vehicles in the occupied West Bank, the military said.
Australian PM ends longest running Aboriginal land claim
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday settled the nation’s longest-running land rights claim, handing Aborigines land title deeds wrapped in eucalyptus paperbark to a peninsula on Darwin harbor in the tropical north….
Hong Kong presses Beijing on case of missing booksellers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday he had asked China whether its handling of the booksellers case violated the “one country, two systems” formula under which the city returned to Chinese rule, the strongest response yet from the …
Taliban kidnap at least 25 men from buses in Afghanistan’s south
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand stopped vehicles and detained at least 25 people, officials said on Tuesday, as the insurgents continued a series of abductions on Afghanistan’s highways over the past few we…
Five dead, 23 injured in Slovak bus crash in Serbia
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Five people died and 23 were injured early on Tuesday when a Slovak bus swerved off the road in southern Serbia, the Interior Ministry said.
Germany’s economy minister to visit Putin in Moscow: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel plans to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin early next week to discuss ties between the two nations amid growing policy divisions within Germany’s ruling right-left coalition, a newspaper re…
‘In’ regains ground as UK’s EU referendum gets down to wire
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Two opinion polls on Monday suggested support for Britain staying in the European Union had recovered some ground following the murder of a pro-EU lawmaker, but a third poll found support for a “Brexit” ahead by a whisker.
Former mayor in Chinese port city of Ningbo to be prosecuted
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a former mayor of the port city of Ningbo, accusing him of taking bribes, trading influence and money for sex, indulging in “superstitious activities” and violating rules on extravagance …
