Australia to take 12,000 refugees, extend air strikes into Syria
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will accept 12,000 refugees from Syria on top of its current humanitarian intake quota, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, bowing to pressure from an angry opposition, and extend air strikes against Islamic State…
Amal Clooney meets Maldives’ jailed ex-leader before hearing
MAAFUSHI, Maldives (Reuters) – International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney met the jailed former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, who was convicted of terrorism in a case that has drawn international criticism, a day before a key High Cou…
U.S. sees continued international support for Ukraine: senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A debt deal between Ukraine and creditors marks a way forward and the United States expects the International Monetary Fund and international community to keep supporting the country, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesd…
‘Leave no one behind’: U.N. ups ambition for new development goals
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cecylia, a Roma woman, left her home in southern Poland to escape the kind of racism that led to her being so badly beaten by communist police that she lost an unborn child.
Leading political party pulls out of Haiti’s legislative elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A leading political party in Haiti announced on Tuesday that it was pulling out of next month’s legislative elections, saying it was the primary victim of violence during the first round of voting in August.
Dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion returns to work
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Reuters) – The Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, sparking a global outcry from animal lovers, returned to work on Tuesday to shouts of “murderer” and “leave town” from a half dozen protesters, but support from some…
Queen Elizabeth becomes UK’s longest-reigning monarch
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth, who ascended the throne aged just 25 as her exhausted country struggled to recover from the ravages of World War Two, makes history on Wednesday when she becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
Bombs kill 15 Turkish police officers as jets strike PKK in Iraq
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu appealed for calm on Tuesday after crowds angered by renewed Kurdish militant violence attacked newspapers and offices of a pro-Kurdish political party.
U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said on Tuesday, giving estimates that already look conservative.
Guatemala judge orders ex-president Perez to face trial on fraud charges
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge on Tuesday ordered fallen President Otto Perez to stand trial over a graft scandal that stoked a political crisis, charging him with criminal association, taking bribes and customs fraud.
