Groups urge U.N. to suspend Saudi Arabia from rights council
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called on the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to suspend Saudi Arabia from the U.N. Human Rights Council until a Saudi-led military coalition stops killing civilians i…
CIA’s Brennan says expects that IS is plotting attacks against U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, said on Wednesday he would be surprised if Islamic State was not plotting attacks within the United States and against U.S. targets abroad.
Gay men in Ivory Coast attacked for showing support to Orlando victims: rights group
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Six gay men in Ivory Coast were abused and forced to flee their homes after they were pictured signing a condolence book for victims of the recent attack on a gay nightclub in Florida, a rights group said on Wednesd…
China slams South China Sea case as court set to rule
BEIJING/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An international court said on Wednesday it would deliver a hotly anticipated ruling in the Philippines’ case against China over the South China Sea on July 12, drawing an immediate rebuke from Beijing, which rejects the t…
EU, U.S. urge Bosnia to pass reforms critical for EU bid, IMF funds
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – European Union and U.S. envoys warned Bosnia’s leaders on Wednesday that the country risked missing out on closer ties with the EU in the near term and losing 2 billion euros in support due to an impasse over reforms.
U.S. to rally business for refugees, Obama aims to double global resettlement
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The White House will on Thursday rally businesses to give jobs to refugees ahead of a September summit where U.S. President Barack Obama will urge world leaders to boost humanitarian funds by a third and double the number of …
Germany’s defense minister to fly to Turkish air base on Friday
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s defense minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday said she would fly to Incirlik air base in southern Turkey on Friday to visit 250 German troops there, after Turkey’s prime minister this week reversed a ban on the tr…
Gunmen kill four security officials in Pakistan’s Quetta
Quetta, PAKISTAN (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead four paramilitary officials in Pakistan’s western city of Quetta on Wednesday, police said, a day after four policemen were killed in a region that is to host a $46 billion China-Pakistan economic corridor….
Russia agrees to talks with NATO after Warsaw summit: France
PARIS (Reuters) – Moscow has agreed to a Russia-NATO council after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw next month, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday, as both sides seek to defuse military tensions exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis…
Kenyan forces kill five suspected Islamist militants
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan forces on Wednesday killed five suspected members of Somalia’s al Shabaab, which has claimed responsibility for attacks that have killed hundreds in Kenya in the last three years, officials said.
