Congolese gets 18 years for Central African Republic war crimes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for heading a 2002-03 campaign of rape and murder in neighboring Central African Republic.
Spain’s anti-austerity Unidos Podemos party eases stance on Catalonia
MADRID (Reuters) – The leader of Spain’s anti-austerity Unidos Podemos party suggested on Tuesday it would not insist on an independence referendum in Catalonia as a condition for forming a national government with rivals after Sunday’s election re-run…
Russia calls for swift resumption of Syria peace talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia called on Tuesday for a swift resumption of stalled Syrian peace talks, saying it was the only way to halt “massive violations” of human rights perpetrated in the five-year-old conflict.
Duterte meets Philippine business elite: and talks about crime, again
DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) – Incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte skirted around his economic agenda in a talk to business top brass on Tuesday, telling them he was no economist and would prefer to discuss fighting crime.
In Jerusalem’s cramped Old City, Christians feel the squeeze
JERUSALEM, June 21 (Reuters) – – When hundreds of Jewish nationalists marched through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City this month, waving banners and chanting songs in what has become an annual ritual, it wasn’t only Muslims watching warily. …
Yemen missile launch, deadly air strike shake truce
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – A Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted a missile fired in Yemen on Tuesday and residents said an air strike by the alliance killed and wounded eight civilians, straining a civil war ceasefire.
French police arrest one, swoop on houses in cop killer investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – French police on Tuesday arrested a man with suspected links to the killer of a police commander and raided several houses, the prosecutor’s office said, part of a deepening investigation into last week’s attack claimed by Islamic Sta…
Amid protests, China dog-meat festival gets low-key opening
YULIN, China (Reuters) – China’s southern city of Yulin began its annual dog meat festival on Tuesday despite opposition from animal rights activists, as residents complained of new government measures to keep the festival low key.
U.S. condemns attack on Jordan border guards, promises help
AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.S. government condemned as a “cowardly terrorist act” a car bomb attack that killed six Jordanian border guards in a military zone near the border with Syria on Tuesday.
Man found wearing fake bomb belt causes security scare in jittery Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A man who said he was wearing a bomb belt rigged to explode by remote control caused a major scare in a Brussels commercial district on Tuesday before police found the device contained only salt and biscuits, officials said.
