South Africa’s Tutu discharged from hospital after treatment
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Veteran South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu was discharged from hospital on Tuesday after a week fighting a persistent infection that is not related to his prostate cancer, his daughter said.
Suspect identified in Turkish border town bombing: Davutoglu
SURUC, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have identified a suspect in the suicide bombing which killed 32 people in the town of Suruc near the Syrian border and the suspect’s links are being investigated, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tue…
Graft allegations stall India’s parliament, and economic reforms
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s parliament was adjourned on the first day of a new session after opposition lawmakers demanded the resignation of leaders tainted by corruption allegations, deepening an impasse that has stalled the government’s reform age…
Nigeria’s Buhari says will name cabinet in September
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that he will not appoint cabinet ministers until September, having taken office on May 29.
Israel ramps up punishments for stone-throwers, Palestinians protest
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament imposed tougher penalties of up to 20 years prison for people throwing stones at vehicles and roads, a move one Palestinian official branded racist and excessive.
Kerry says Iran vow to defy U.S. is ‘very disturbing’
DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy American policies in the region despite a deal with world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program was “very disturbing”.
Malaysian activists question role of Muslim ‘fashion police’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Women in Malaysia, long seen as a moderate Islamic nation, have been denied entry to government buildings on the grounds their skirts were too revealing, fanning fears of growing conservatism in a country with large non-Muslim …
Huge blaze threatens village in southern Croatia
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Several dozen residents were evacuated from a village in southern Croatia on Tuesday as firefighters struggled to keep a raging forest fire away from houses, state television HRT reported.
U.N. Council backs Iran nuclear deal but Tehran hardliners object
UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Monday backed Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers but the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards attacked the resolution, underlining powerful opposition to the deal.
China to prosecute top graft buster in key province for corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities will prosecute one of the former top graft busters in the important southern province of Guangdong for corrupt practices, including bribery and interference in corruption investigations, the government said on Tu…
