Islamic State offensive raises risk for Libya’s oil sector
TUNIS (Reuters) – The attacks against Libya’s biggest oil terminals were lethal and sustained. The last two weeks have seen suicide bombings, huge fires at storage tanks, and a hole blown in a major pipeline.
France’s Fabius says EU to discuss if new Iran sanctions needed
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The European Union will discuss this week whether it needs to impose new sanctions on Iran following recent ballistic missile tests, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday, a day after the United States announced su…
Erdogan sues Turkey’s main opposition leader over dictator remark
ANKARA (Reuters) – Lawyers for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan filed a lawsuit against the main opposition leader on Monday for implying that Erdogan was a dictator, presidential sources and the opposition party said.
Russia’s Putin says to discuss Middle East/Syria with Emir of Qatar
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would discuss the security situation in the Middle East and the Gulf in talks with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, on Monday.
Congo looking into new charges against ICC convict Katanga
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo said it would not free warlord Germain Katanga at the end of his International Criminal Court (ICC)-imposed jail term on Monday as it is investigating him for other offences including the killing of nin…
West Bank tensions rise after Palestinian stabbings in Israeli settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot and wounded a Palestinian teenager who stabbed a pregnant Israeli woman in the occupied West Bank on Monday, amid signs of Palestinians stepping up attacks against Israelis inside Jewish settlements.
Indonesia at risk of bigger Islamic State-linked attacks: police chief
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is bracing for the return of experienced Islamic State fighters from the Middle East who would be capable of carrying out attacks far more deadly than the assault on Jakarta last week, the country’s police chief said on Mo…
As climate change threatens CentAm coffee, a cocoa boom is born
NEW YORK / JINOTEGA, NICARAGUA (Reuters) – Brimming with shade trees and bounded by the Tuma river, the lower climes of Roger Castellon’s farm in Nicaragua’s mountainous Jinotega department were long ideal for growing coffee.
‘They want to go back to school’: photographer shows life after rape in India
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Smita Sharma began photographing survivors of rape in India in December 2014, the experience was so intense that she developed post traumatic stress disorder.
Indian police rescue trafficked teens duped into sexual slavery in Delhi
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two teenage girls from rural India, lured by traffickers with promises of marriage and a good life in the city, were rescued from brothels in Delhi at the weekend, a senior police official said on Monday, adding…
