Turkey suspends 13,000 police officers, shuts down TV station
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities suspended nearly 13,000 police officers, detained dozens of air force officers and shut down a TV station on Tuesday, widening a state-ordered clampdown against perceived enemies in the wake of July’s fai…
Egyptian parliament approves civil service law after rare defiance of Sisi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s parliament approved a civil service law on Tuesday aimed at combating corruption and bureaucracy after making amendments to the bill, the only one it had previously rejected out of hundreds put forward by President Abdel Fatta…
India to see ‘big conflicts’ over forest land despite law: activist
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian officials have been slow to implement a landmark law giving rights to forests to indigenous people because they view it as a handicap to development projects spurring expansion in the fast-growing economy, a…
Burundi opposition leader released after days in police custody
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The head of one of Burundi’s opposition parties has been released, days after he was arrested for what police said was collaborating with “armed gangs”, a spokesman for an opposition coalition said on Tuesday.
Yemen’s Houthis voice conditions for possible peace talks
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis toughened demands for the resumption of talks to end the 19-month-old civil war, saying President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi must go and an agreement must be reached on the presidency.
WikiLeaks’ Assange signals release of documents before U.S. election
BERLIN (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday the group would publish about one million documents related to the U.S. election and three governments in coming weeks, but denied the release was aimed at damaging Hillary Clinton.
Germany to set conditions for future aid to Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier plans to make future aid to Afghanistan conditional on Kabul’s agreement to implement reforms and repatriate migrants, ministry officials said on Tuesday.
Iraq begins radio broadcast to Mosul ahead of offensive
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq launched a radio station on Tuesday to help Mosul residents stay safe during the upcoming military offensive to dislodge Islamic State from the largest city under its control, state TV said.
Libyan forces reduce Islamic State’s grip in Sirte to final few blocks
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State controls a residential strip less than 1 Km long in their former stronghold in Libya’s Sirte, where pro-government forces backed by U.S. air strikes are advancing building by building to finish a five-month-old ca…
Russia has no far-reaching plans to suspend U.S. agreements: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has no far-reaching plans to suspend further agreements with the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
