Australia ruling party blocks members from voting for gay marriage
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s conservative coalition government on Tuesday blocked its members from voting in favor of gay marriage, a politically risky move that effectively rules out a marriage equality bill passing under…
Anti-Houthi Fighters advance into central Yemeni city
SANAA (Reuters) – Militiamen clashed with Yemen’s dominant Houthi group inside the city of Ibb on Tuesday, residents said, in their latest significant advance into territory the Houthis had held unopposed for months.
Zimbabwe partially lifts ban on big game hunting around Cecil’s park
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has partially lifted a ban on big-game hunting around Hwange National Park that was imposed after an international outcry over the killing of Cecil, the country’s most prized lion, by an American dentist last month.
Islamic State attacks Syrian rebels near Turkish border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State has launched a new offensive against Syrian rebels north of Aleppo, gaining ground near the Turkish-Syrian border in an area where Turkey and the United States aim to create an area free of the jihadist group.
Russia says ‘early details’ of plan to fight Islamic State start to emerge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday “early details” of how to coordinate international efforts to fight Islamic States have started to emerge.
Yemen refugees return to ruined Aden with mix of hope and grief
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni refugees cheered and ululated as their plane dipped towards Aden, returning them to a precarious life in their home city three weeks after fighting there ended and months after most of them fled.
Iranian minister’s Turkey visit postponed: Turkish official
ANKARA (Reuters) – A planned visit to Turkey by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, during which he had been expected to discuss the Syrian conflict, has been postponed, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Ex-Indonesian leader Suharto’s family ordered to pay back millions
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Supreme Court has ordered the family of ex-president Suharto to pay back millions in embezzled funds to the state, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
U.N. urges Thailand to amend tough law against royal insults
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office voiced alarm on Tuesday at what it called “shockingly disproportionate prison terms” handed down by military courts in Thailand for insulting the monarchy, and urged authorities to amend the law…
Saudi Foreign Minister says Assad has no place in Syria future
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday Riyadh’s position on the conflict in Syria has not changed and that there was no place for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the future of the country.
