Senators urge Obama to press Xi on rights during visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading U.S. senators on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to use the visit to Washington next month of Chinese President Xi Jinping to take him to task for an “extraordinary assault” on human rights.
Greece and lenders agree bailout, shares rally
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece and its international lenders reached an 85 billion euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after nailing down the terms of new loans needed to save the country from financial ruin.
German minister expects far more than 400,000 asylum seekers this year
DEGGENDORF, Germany (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Tuesday that far more asylum seekers would arrive in Germany this year than the 400,000 first-time applicants his ministry had previously expected.
Islamic State releases 22 of more than 150 Christian captives: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in northeastern Syria earlier this year, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
Russia, Saudis fail in talks to agree on fate of Syria’s Assad
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Saudi Arabia failed in talks on Tuesday to overcome their differences on the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a central dispute in Syria’s civil war that shows no sign of abating despite renewed diplomacy.
Amnesty endorses controversial policy on decriminalizing sex work
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Amnesty International voted on Tuesday to endorse a contentious plan to support the decriminalization of sex work, a move that will lead to pressure on governments by the prominent rights group not to punish millio…
Sweden boosts security for asylum seekers after IKEA attack
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Police in central Sweden have increased security at asylum lodgings, fearing a backlash after two Eritrean asylum-seekers were suspected of murdering two people at an IKEA store.
Blast kills around 50 in Nigeria’s Borno state
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a packed market in northeastern Nigeria bearing the hallmarks of Boko Haram killed around 50 people on Tuesday, sources said.
Turkish air strikes hit 17 Kurdish militant targets, military says
ANKARA/DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – The Turkish military ratcheted up pressure on Kurdish militants with a fresh round of air strikes in the southeast of the country on Tuesday as the insurgents claimed responsibility for the bombing of a police station in I…
Palestinian vigilantes patrol villages amid fear of more arson attacks
QUSRA, West Bank (Reuters) – Armed men stopping cars at checkpoints in the West Bank are usually Israeli security forces policing the occupied territory, but in some areas they are Palestinian civilians patrolling their own villages.
