Indian plan to let kids work in family business is backward step: Satyarthi
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s plans to allow children to work for family businesses and bar teenagers from employment in only a few hazardous industries are “regressive”, Nobel Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi sai…
Syria’s Assad says Russia’s support changes balance on the ground
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Russia’s entry into the war in Syria has changed the balance on the ground, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview on Czech Television, and he predicted that support from his main international ally would remain strong…
NATO allies act to strengthen Turkey’s air defenses
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies plan to send patrol aircraft and missiles to strengthen Ankara’s air defenses on its border with Syria, officials said on Tuesday, following Turkey’s shooting-down of a Russian bomber.
Violence, drugs dash Mexico Triqui people’s dream of new start far from home
San Quintin, BAJA CALIFORNIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In Baja California, Gabino Bautista yearns for his homeland thousands of miles south of the northern Mexican state, but the bullet wounds in his body remind him he can never go back. 
Pipe bomb explodes on overpass near Istanbul metro, five hurt: local mayor
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Five people were injured when a pipe bomb exploded on an overpass near an Istanbul metro station on Tuesday, the district mayor said, halting some train operations and heightening security fears in Europe’s biggest city.
Suspected Islamists in Paris court in first trial since attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – The trial began in Paris on Tuesday of seven suspected Islamists, including an alleged Islamic State ‘executioner’ in Syria — the first such case to go to court since the group killed 130 people in the French capital last month.
French trust in Hollande grows after Paris attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande’s popularity has risen to its highest level in three years with voters backing his robust handling of the Nov. 13 militant attacks that killed 130 people in Paris, two polls showed on Tuesday.
Tunisian woman working for Red Cross in Yemen kidnapped in capital: local officials
DUBAI (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Tunisian woman working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen as she was leaving home for work in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, the ICRC and local officials said.
Lithuania says Russian military activity stoking tension in Baltics
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s deployment of troops close to Lithuania and its unannounced military exercises in surrounding Baltic areas have heightened tensions in the volatile region, Lithuania’s defense minister said.
Israeli government, military disagree over unrest
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two months into a wave of stabbings, shootings and vehicle attacks by Palestinians targeting Israelis, gaps are emerging between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the military and intelligence chiefs over what is driving the viol…
