U.S. citizen and U.S. legal resident held in Iran unjustly detained, must be released: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday that a U.S. citizen and a U.S. legal resident, reported to have been indicted in Iran, were “unjustly detained” and should be released.
Relatives of Palestinian attack victims sue Facebook for $1 billion in U.S.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A group of Israelis and Americans filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking $1 billion in damages from Facebook Inc. for allegedly facilitating deadly Palestinian militant attacks on their loved ones.
Macau billionaire in U.N. bribe case to face January 2017 trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Macau real estate developer and his assistant will face a federal trial in January on U.S. charges that they engaged in a bribery scheme with a former United Nations General Assembly president who died last month, a judge said on…
U.S. transfers two Guantanamo inmates to Serbia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two inmates from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to Serbia on Monday as the Obama administration pressed ahead with its long-held goal of shutting the widely condemned facility at the U.S. naval base i…
Turkey blocks investigations into southeast killings: Rights group
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s government is blocking access to independent investigations into alleged mass abuses against civilians in southeast Turkey, where security forces are fighting Kurdish militants, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
U.S. issues travel warning for Bangladesh after cafe attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Monday warned Americans to consider carefully whether they need to travel to Bangladesh following a series of attacks claimed by Islamist militants.
Srebrenica buries 127 victims of massacre, Serbs absent over genocide denial
SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Thousands of Muslim Bosniaks paid respect to 127 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre buried in individual graves on Monday in a ceremony avoided by Serbs after survivors said they were not welcome because they denied …
Irish PM resists call from within party to step down
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny resisted a call on Monday from a lawmaker of his Fine Gael party to step down over the next two months, rejecting the first open challenge to make good on a promise to allow a change of leadership.
‘Terrorists’ smuggled into Europe with refugees, Merkel says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Militant groups smuggled some of their members into Europe in the wave of migrants who have fled from Syria, German Chancellor Angela said on Monday.
Canadian PM says Russia not been ‘positive partner’ on Minsk ceasefire
KIEV (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that Russia has not been a “positive partner” as regards its obligations in the Minsk ceasefire agreement to end a Russian-backed separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.
