U.N. finds Eritrea may have committed crimes against humanity
GENEVA (Reuters) – Eritrea may have committed crimes against humanity, a year-long U.N. human rights inquiry said in a report published on Monday describing extrajudicial killings, widespread torture, sexual slavery and enforced labor.
Gambia’s Jammeh wants ICC to investigate migrant deaths
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the deaths of African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean by boat to Europe.
Russia orders quicker build-up of military facilities in Kurile Islands
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday ordered the speeding up of construction of military and civilian infrastructure on a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean where Moscow and Tokyo have rival territorial claims.
Exclusive: Russia refuses to sign IAEA annual report, says Sevastopol not in Ukraine
VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia has refused to sign off on the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s annual report because the document lists a nuclear reactor near Crimea’s Sevastopol as being in Ukraine, two diplomats present at the meeting told Reuters on Monday.
U.S. lacks ‘complete strategy’ to help Iraq fight IS: Obama
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, reprising a phrase that caused uproar in Washington last year, said on Monday the United States does not yet have a “complete strategy” for training Iraqi security forces to reconquer territory seized …
U.S. reports 21 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 21 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria during a 24-hour period ending on Monday, a U.S. military statement said.
Yemeni families sue U.S., allege ‘wrongful deaths’ from drone strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The families of two Yemeni men killed in 2012 have sued the United States, alleging they were innocent bystanders hit by missiles from a U.S. drone strike and calling for an acknowledgement of their “unlawful deaths.”
Rights group says Egypt’s Sisi gets wide Western support despite rights abuses
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s one-year tenure in office has witnessed human rights abuses and an escalation in violence by armed groups and the government, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
U.N.: Interim deal to help show any military side of Iran nuclear past
VIENNA (Reuters) – Any possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear past can be clarified if the details of a preliminary deal sealed in April between Tehran and six world powers are implemented, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
In Abadi meeting, Obama says confident will defeat Islamic State
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack said on Monday he was confident Islamic State militants would be driven out of Iraq and defeated but there would be setbacks along the way.
