Saudi king vows to fight religious extremists after bombings
GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – The king of Saudi Arabia warned his country would strike with an “iron hand” against people who preyed on youth vulnerable to religious extremism, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated cam…
Lula presses to remove crusading Brazil judge from his case
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s lawyers asked on Tuesday that crusading federal judge Sergio Moro be removed from a corruption investigation involving the former president, arguing he had shown a lack of impartiality.
Death toll from Baghdad blast rises to 250 – Iraq’s Health Ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 250, Iraq’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh police say may have shot hostage, missed attack warnings
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police shot dead the pizza chef of a Dhaka restaurant, mistakenly thinking he was one of the militants who killed 20 people, and misread online warnings of an impending assault, police and government officials said on Tuesd…
China says wants peace after paper warns on South China Sea clash
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s government sought to downplay fears of conflict in the South China Sea after an influential state-run newspaper said on Tuesday that Beijing should prepare for military confrontation.
Seven killed in military helicopter crash in northern Turkey, army says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and eight injured when a helicopter carrying Turkish military personnel, their wives and children crashed in the Black Sea region of northeast Turkey on Tuesday, the Turkish armed forces said.
Suicide bombing kills at least 16 in northeast Syria – monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomb blast claimed by Islamic State killed at least 16 people in the mostly Kurdish-controlled city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria on Tuesday, the monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
U.N. chief slams Israel over settlement plans in wake of Quartet report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon sharply criticized a decision by Israel to advance plans to build hundreds of units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem just days after world powers called on Israel to stop its settlement policy, his s…
Islamist violence strains a poor nation’s warm welcome for refugees
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) – Unlike many victims of Islamist violence fleeing to Europe, Aba Ali found a warm African welcome closer to home. But even in southern Niger, where a local family accepted him as a brother, hospitality for refugees is now reachi…
Maldives foreign minister quits over death penalty
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The foreign minister of Maldives said she quit on Tuesday because she opposed the government’s use of capital punishment, which the government of the Maldives adopted in May.
