Eritrea calls U.N. human rights findings ‘indecent hyperbole’
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrea on Tuesday dismissed what it called “indecent hyperbole” in a U.N. human rights report that described alleged extrajudicial killings, torture and sexual slavery in the secretive Horn of Africa state.
Three dead after attack on aid group leader in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Three people were killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast on Tuesday after an Islamic aid group leader was shot, touching off a violent clash, security sources said, two days after a historic election success for Kurd…
Erdogan looms large as Turkey’s AK Party mulls coalition options
ANKARA (Reuters) – Whether it teams up with the nationalist or secularist opposition, Turkey’s ruling AK Party must navigate the same obstacle in its search for a junior coalition partner: the ambition of President Tayyip Erdogan.
Portugal’s ex-PM refuses to leave jail for house arrest
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s former premier, Jose Socrates, who has been in jail since November on suspicion of corruption, has refused an offer of house arrest with an ankle monitor and attacked the justice system for trying to cover up errors in his…
U.N. nuclear agency backs report despite Russian protest over Crimea
VIENNA (Reuters) – The annual report of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has been approved by its board of governors despite Russia’s protests against it listing a nuclear site near Crimea’s Sevastopol as being in Ukraine, according to a document seen by Reut…
U.S. contractors hurt in Bulgarian blast were testing arms to buy for Syrian opposition
SOFIA (Reuters) – Three U.S. government defense contractors caught in a blast at a Bulgarian military range were testing out arms for purchase as part of the U.S.-led mission to equip Syrian opposition fighters battling Islamic State, a U.S. military s…
Libya’s elected parliament rejects U.N. unity government proposal
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A United Nations proposal to form a unity government for Libya, which has rival administrations fighting for territory and oil resources, was rejected by one of the sides on Tuesday, a senior lawmaker said, after months of n…
Egypt court sentences 11 to death over soccer violence
CAIRO (Reuters) – A court sentenced 11 men to death on Tuesday for their part in Egypt’s worst violence at a soccer stadium, in which more than 70 fans were killed in 2012.
Mother sues France over jihadi Bryan’s departure
PARIS (Reuters) – The mother of a young Frenchman who converted to Islam and went to join jihadist fighters in Syria is suing the state for failing to stop him leaving the airport of his Riviera home town of Nice.
Suspected petrol bombs thrown at Czech defence minister’s house
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky confirmed on Tuesday that what appeared to be fire bombs had been thrown at his house early on Sunday morning.
