Flogged Saudi blogger Badawi named ‘writer of courage’ in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for “insulting Islam”, was named on Tuesday as the International Writer of Courage and PEN Pinter Prize co-recipient for 2015.
Spain, France arrest member of Basque group ETA near Paris
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish and French police arrested a long-sought leading member of the militant Basque separatist group ETA in a Paris suburb on Tuesday after a series of recent operations against the group.
Bosnian court jails four over recruitment of militants for Syria
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A Sarajevo court convicted four Bosnians on Tuesday of financing terrorist activities and recruiting people to fight for Islamic State in Syria, sentencing them to up to 3 1/2 years in prison.
Church should shun derogatory words on gays, Vatican synod told
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Catholics should stop using condescending language such as “pity” toward homosexuals and find ways to welcome them as sons and daughters of the Church, bishops have told a major gathering on the family.
Taliban fighters launch hit-and-run attacks in Afghanistan’s Kunduz
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters on motorbikes have carried out hit-and-run attacks on Afghan forces trying to clear Kunduz city of insurgents, more than a week after the militant movement briefly seized the provincial capital.
Arpad Goncz, Hungary’s first post-Communist president, dies at 93
Arpad Goncz, who was jailed after the country’s failed 1956 uprising against Soviet rule and went on to become its first post-Soviet president, died on Tuesday at 93, after what he had called a somewhat “grotesque and surreal” life of constant new begi…
Break silence on air-to-air rules of conduct: U.S. to Russia
MORON AIR BASE, Spain (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on Moscow on Tuesday to urgently respond to proposed rules for air-to-air conduct over Syria, as he condemned Russia’s “seriously irresponsible and unprofessional” violation of …
MSF says U.S., Afghan remarks on Kunduz point to war crime
GENEVA (Reuters) – Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday that it was working under the assumption that the deadly bombing of its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz at the weekend was a “war crime”.
French court drops genocide case against Rwandan priest: source
PARIS (Reuters) – A French court has dropped a long-running case against a Rwandan priest suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a source at the prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
Boko Haram militants kill 11 Chad troops: military source
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Suspected militants from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group killed 11 soldiers in an attack over the border in Chad early on Tuesday, a Chadian military source said.
