New Chinese security law opens door to tighter restrictions: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – China’s new national security law is too vague and could lead to tighter restrictions on civil liberties, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Buhari advised to overhaul Nigerian oil sector, increase debt
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Advisors to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari have recommended a root and branch overhaul of Africa’s biggest oil industry and increased borrowing to help pay off $20 billion of government arrears, a reform proposal document …
Air strikes, ground combat in Yemen killed nearly 200
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition air strikes and clashes killed at least 176 fighters and civilians in Yemen on Monday, residents and media run by the Houthi movement said, the highest daily toll since the Arab air offensive began more than three …
Saudi brothers arrested over links to Kuwait mosque bombing
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three Saudi brothers have been arrested in connection with the suicide bombing of a Shi’ite mosque in Kuwait last month, the Saudi and Kuwaiti authorities said on Tuesday.
Syrian Kurds retake northern villages from Islamic State: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish fighters have recaptured more than 10 villages seized by Islamic State north of its de facto capital of Raqqa city, aided by U.S.-led coalition air strikes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Tuesday.
Brazil’s Rousseff tells paper she is uncowed by opposition calls to quit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told newspaper Folha de S. Paulo in an interview published Tuesday that she plans to finish her term and continue with efforts to narrow the budget deficit in spite of growing calls among opponen…
Cholera kills 32 in South Sudan, education key to stemming outbreak: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan has killed at least 32 people, a fifth of them children under five, and schools have a major role to play in stemming the spread of the disease, the United Nations said on…
Afghan president says peace delegation meeting Taliban in Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government has sent a peace delegation to Pakistan for negotiations with the Taliban, the president’s office said in a statement on Twitter on Tuesday.
Turkish opposition accuses Erdogan of stalling on government mandate
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish opposition MPs accused President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday of stalling efforts to form a coalition government as he seeks to maintain his grip on power, a month after the AK Party he founded lost its parliamentary majority.
Judge quits Cambodia’s troubled Khmer Rouge trials
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – An international judge announced his resignation from the U.N.-backed war crimes trials in Cambodia on Tuesday, the fourth to quit so far and another blow for the troubled tribunal probing the atrocities of the 1970s Khmer Rouge …
