U.S. campaign rhetoric threatens resettlement of Syrian refugees: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Campaign rhetoric in the United States is harming a vital U.S. resettlement program for Syrian and other refugees fleeing war and persecution, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Turkish leader’s son denies Russian allegations of Islamic State trade
ROME (Reuters) – The son of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has denied Russian allegations that he and his family were profiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq.
Oscar Pistorius: bailed, tagged and free to roam
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius, who murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013, was granted bail on Tuesday and has the freedom of South Africa’s capital Pretoria as he waits to appeal his conviction in April.
Israeli troops kill West Bank protester in arrest raid: Palestinians
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian protester while they were carrying out an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said.
In rare test, Merkel to face down party rebels on refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – In past years, Angela Merkel has been feted like a superstar at annual meetings of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, earning thunderous ovations for defending German interests in the euro crisis and facing down Vladimir Put…
Six migrant children die after boat sinks off western Turkey: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – At least six children died and eight other people rescued on Tuesday after a boat carrying migrants bound for Greece capsized off Turkey’s western coast near the city of Izmir, local media reported.
Wartime Bosnian commander arrested for crimes by Islamic fighters
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police arrested a wartime Muslim army commander on Tuesday on charges of failing to prevent crimes committed by foreign Islamic fighters against captive Bosnian Serb soldiers during a 1992-1995 war.
Afghanistan conference opens, hopes for peace talks slim
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A conference aimed at shoring up support for war-ravaged Afghanistan opened in the Pakistani capital on Tuesday, with a top Afghan official calling for an urgent, united response to the global menace of militancy.
U.S. to deploy spy plane in Singapore amid China tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has agreed with Singapore on a first deployment of the U.S. P8 Poseidon spy plane in Singapore this month, in a fresh response to China over its pursuit of territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Turkey determined to accelerate ‘harmonization’ with EU: PM
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is determined to accelerate “harmonization” with the European Union, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday, after Ankara last month promised to help stem the flow of migrants in return for cash and renewed talks on jo…
