Shelling, air strikes in Libya siege on Islamic State in Sirte
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government have been shelling and carrying out air strikes on the center of Sirte city in a siege of Islamic State militants there, an official said on Tuesday.
Bahrain activist’s trial postponed, rights groups call for his release
DUBAI (Reuters) – The trial in Bahrain of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab was postponed until Aug. 2 on Tuesday and a request for his release rejected, his lawyer said, hours after 26 rights groups jointly called for him to be freed.
Four migrants found dead, some 400 rescued from boat in Mediterranean
ROME (Reuters) – A humanitarian group said it recovered the bodies of four migrants and rescued around 400 survivors on Tuesday from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean between Italy and Libya.
EU migrant influx easing since April: border agency
PARIS (Reuters) – The number of illegal migrants entering Europe has fallen since April after the European Union sealed a deal with Turkey to halt flows across the Aegean Sea, the border agency said, and Italy has become the new frontline for refugees,…
After Brexit vote, Scotland’s Sturgeon takes control
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The Friday morning after Britain voted to leave the European Union, leaders in London had little to say.
U.N. calls for aid access, civilian evacuations in Syria’s Aleppo
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned about increased fighting in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo and called for humanitarian aid access and the safe and rapid evacuation of civilians.
Saudi prosecutors bring charges over Grand Mosque crane disaster: newspaper
RIYADH (Reuters) – Suspects including engineers and two government employees will face trial in Saudi Arabia over the deaths of 107 people when a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque last year, a local newspaper that reflects government thinking …
Japan court upholds reactor shutdown in new blow to nuclear industry
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese court on Tuesday upheld an order to keep two reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power closed, the utility said, helping keep efforts to get the country’s struggling nuclear industry up and running in limbo.
Singapore jails four Bangladeshi men for terrorism financing
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Singapore court jailed four Bangladeshi men for between two and five years for terrorism financing on Tuesday in a case that has put the city-state’s most marginalized migrant-worker community in the spotlight.
In rare consensus, Australian MPs call for e-voting as poll count drags on
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians have elected a divided parliament stacked with fractious independents and minor parties but the nation’s weary political leaders are united on at least one front: the need for electronic voting.
