Senate passes bill allowing Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages from Saudi Arabia, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto….
Muslim states block gay groups from U.N. AIDS meeting; U.S. protests
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organizations from attending a high-level meeting at the United Nations next month on ending AIDS, sparking a protest by the United States, Canada and the Europea…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and supporters attacked
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and fellow anti-corruption activists were attacked, thrown to the ground and kicked by a group of men at an airport in southern Russia on Tuesday, according to video posted on social media.
German lawmakers risk Erdogan ire with Armenia ‘genocide’ vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers risk angering Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and jeopardizing an EU-Turkey migrant deal by backing a planned resolution branding as “genocide” the mass killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish for…
New police force finds old habits die hard in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – The launch of Ukraine’s new police patrol force last year sparked an internet craze of citizens posting selfies with newly recruited officers.
After fist fights, Turkish parliament set to vote on immunity for MPs
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Tuesday faces the first test of its unity since Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced he was stepping down, as parliament prepares to vote on a divisive bill to lift lawmakers’ immunity from prosecution…
Canada oil sands producers disrupted anew as wildfire shifts north
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Canadian energy producers were hit with fresh disruptions on Tuesday after a massive wildfire burning around the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, shifted north, forcing the evacuation of about 4,000 people from work…
Smugglers made $5-6 billion off migrants to Europe in 2015: Interpol
GENEVA (Reuters) – People smugglers made over $5 billion from the wave of migration into southern Europe last year, a report by international crime-fighting agencies Interpol and Europol said on Tuesday.
Putin ready to discuss downing of passenger jet in Ukraine with Malaysian PM: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss the issue of the downing of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine in 2014 with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak this week, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday.
‘Bachelor ban’ in Qatar tests relations with migrant workers
AL KHOR, QATAR (Reuters) – As Nami Hader, a 30-year-old gardener from Nepal, approached the entrance to a park outside Qatar’s second city Al Khor one day last month, a security guard blocked his way.
