U.N. rights boss urges China to release lawyers, treat Hong Kong booksellers fairly
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top United Nations human rights official urged China on Tuesday to release all lawyers detained since July, including 15 arrested last month, saying it was wrong to prosecute or sanction them for their work.
Austria says migrant flow to be slowed ‘step by step’: report
VIENNA (Reuters) – The flow of migrants through the Balkans and towards Germany will be slowed progressively as part of a coordinated “domino effect” of restrictions by countries along the route, Austria’s interior minister said in comments published o…
EU Parliament’s approval of UK deal not guaranteed: head
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament would not block a deal to help keep Britain in the European Union but may not back it fully, its president said on Tuesday, as British Prime Minister David Cameron prepared a final push to secure support for…
French ex-president Sarkozy questioned by judges on funding
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, a potential candidate in 2017, was taken for questioning by investigating magistrates on Tuesday about a scandal over excess spending in his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign.
China raps Australia foreign minister ahead of Beijing trip
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China rapped Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Tuesday ahead of her visit to Beijing after she said Australia recognized the Philippines’ right to seek arbitration in its dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea…
Not in my backyard? Mainstream Scandinavia warily eyes record immigration
OSLO-STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Norwegian officials called the school guards “extra supervision”. Critics said the plan to post security personnel near an Oslo school in case of assaults by newly arrived refugees was an ugly euphemism for intolerance.
Cameron back in Brussels in final push for EU deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – David Cameron began talks with leaders of the European Parliament on Monday on Tuesday in his final push for support for a deal to help keep Britain in the European Union.
China warns U.S. of ‘serious consequences’ over Washington plaza name
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry warned the United States on Tuesday there would be “serious consequences” if a plaza in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington was named after a pro-democracy dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Top officials escape assassination attempt in Yemen’s Aden: security source
ADEN (Reuters) – The governor and security director of the southern Yemeni city of Aden escaped a gun attack on their convoy on Tuesday, a security official said, the latest in a string of militant attacks on the government.
Missiles in Syria kill 50 as schools, hospitals hit; Turkey accuses Russia
KIEV/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey on Monday accused Russia of an “obvious war crime” after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people, and warned Kurdish militia fighters there they would face the “harshest reaction” if they tried to captur…
