Bangladesh writers stage freedom rally despite fear of attack
DHAKA (Reuters) – About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital on Tuesday, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked writers and publishers critical of religious milit…
Uber driver gets life sentence for rape in Indian capital
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian court on Tuesday jailed a driver of U.S.-based ride-hailing company Uber [UBER.UL] for life for raping a passenger, in a case that highlighted the dangers faced by women from violent sex attackers.
Greece to relocate first group of 30 refugees to Luxembourg
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece will send on Wednesday a first group of 30 refugees to Luxembourg as part of a European Union relocation plan aimed at easing the burden on EU border countries amid the 28-nation bloc’s biggest migration crisis since World W…
Merkel says we will try to convince Britain to stay in EU
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she wanted Britain to remain a member of the European Union, adding she would do what she could to convince Britons to stay in the bloc.
Britons offered chance to skip U.S. customs queues
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it would let some British travelers skip passport and customs queues at its airports, in a bid to attract more visitors from the UK.
Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi who pushed Bush to invade Iraq dies
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Ahmed Chalabi, the smooth-talking Iraqi politician who pushed Washington to invade Iraq in 2003 with discredited information on Saddam Hussein’s military capabilities, died on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.
Zimbabwe arrests editor, reporters over elephant poaching story
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police said on Tuesday they had arrested an editor and two reporters from a state-owned newspaper for publishing falsehoods after reporting that a police commissioner and junior officer were involved in a spate of elephant…
Fourteen kidnapped aid workers released in eastern Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Fourteen aid workers kidnapped two days ago by unidentified assailants in the eastern Rutshuru region of Democratic Republic of Congo have been released, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
British journalists jailed for Indonesia visa violations, could be freed immediately
BATAM, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced two British journalists to two months and 15 days in jail after they were convicted of violating immigration laws by working without appropriate visas.
Boko Haram ghosts haunt ‘liberated’ areas in Nigeria’s northeast
MUBI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Life seems to be returning to normal in this northern Nigerian town a year after the army expelled the Islamist fighters of Boko Haram — shops bustle with customers and vendors hawk their wares in the pot-holed streets.
