Austrian far-right party gets electoral boost from migrant crisis
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) doubled its votes to finish a strong second in a state election on Sunday, dealing a blow to the two main centrist parties which were left nursing heavy losses.
Honduras says U.N. rights office to monitor drugs crackdown
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations will open a human rights monitoring office in Honduras this year to guard against possible violations by security forces as they crack down on drug gangs, President Juan Hernandez said on Sunday.
Iran denounces Saudi Arabia over haj and demands apology
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran demanded an apology from Saudi Arabia on Sunday over the deaths of 769 people at the haj pilgrimage and accused it of trying to evade blame, while Riyadh in turn accused Tehran of playing politics with the disaster.
Rights group demands Chinese supporters of Hong Kong democracy be freed
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Amnesty International called on Monday for the release of eight mainland Chinese activists who face long prison sentences for posting messages and pictures supporting Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy protests.
A new generation of Kurdish militants takes fight to Turkey’s cities
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Young, urban-based fighters, many of them still teenagers, have taken center in the conflict between Kurdish militants and Turkish security forces that has flared anew in southeast Turkey since a two-year ceasefire fell a…
Israeli strikes hit Syrian army on Golan: rebel sources, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least three Israeli air strikes hit Syrian army targets on the Golan Heights on Sunday, rebel sources and a monitoring group said.
Helicopter attack kills 30 civilians in Yemen village: residents, medics
SANAA (Reuters) – Residents and medics said air strikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, but Saudi authorities dismissed the accounts as “totally false”.
Dutch website says it will trigger referendum on EU-Ukraine ties
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutc…
At least four dead in second day of clashes in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least four people were shot dead on Sunday in the capital of Central African Republic, hospital sources said, in a second day of inter-religious clashes that the government said were aimed at derailing elections next month.
U.N’s new global goals applauded but now for the tough part: action
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It’s taken three years to write the script for the future of the world, but now it’s time for the much-anticipated performance to begin.
