South Sudan soldiers raped children, burned people alive: U.N. experts
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Sudanese soldiers raped children, burned people alive in their homes and hunted others for days in swamps in an increasingly brutal war the government had hoped to win with an emergency $850 million military budget, U.N…
Border crisis with Venezuela shouldn’t be used for political gain: Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The ongoing crisis on the border between Colombia and Venezuela should not be used for political point-scoring by leaders in either country ahead of elections in coming months, the Colombian government said on Tuesday.
Thailand murder suspects can’t have British police report: UK judge
LONDON (Reuters) – Two Myanmar workers on trial in Thailand for the murder of two British tourists should not be given access to a confidential British police report about the case, a British judge ruled on Tuesday.
Pakistan suspends execution ordered by military court after legal challenge
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The execution of a civilian sentenced to death on terrorism charges by a military court in Pakistan was suspended on Tuesday, in a first challenge after the Supreme Court’s approval of such hearings.
Lebanese ministers walk out of meeting over garbage crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The powerful Shi’ite party Hezbollah and its Christian allies walked out of an emergency Lebanese cabinet meeting on Tuesday in protest at a proposed solution to a garbage disposal crisis that has ignited violent protests in Beirut.
Turkish PM begins work on new cabinet, Kurds see friction
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday called on reluctant opposition parties to join an interim government ahead of new elections, but two refused and the third, a pro-Kurdish party, said it doubted he was serious.
IAEA received ‘substantive’ data from Iran this month
VIENNA (Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday it received substantive amounts of information from Iran aimed at quelling concerns its nuclear past had military elements, although it was too early to say whether any of…
Hunger hits 1.5 million in Zimbabwe as maize production halves: WFP
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Around 1.5 million Zimbabweans are predicted to go hungry this year after a dramatic fall in maize production, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Islamic State shows images of ancient Syrian temple destruction
BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Islamic State militants published photos on Tuesday purporting to show the destruction of a Roman-era temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, an act the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO has called a war crime.
Police raid Brussels homes after foiled train attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police raided two homes in a poor district of Brussels and took away some objects as part of investigations into last week’s foiled attack on an international train bound for Paris, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
