UAE, concerned about militant Islam, passes law against race, faith hate
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has outlawed religious or racial discrimination, the state news agency WAM said on Monday, citing a royal decree by President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Europe backs Iran nuclear deal in signal to U.S. Congress
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union approved the Iran nuclear deal with world powers on Monday, a first step toward lifting Europe’s economic sanctions against Tehran that the bloc hopes will send a signal that the U.S. Congress will follow.
Search for justice lags post-war boom in Ivory Coast
BLOLEQUIN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Four years after the civil war ended in Ivory Coast the economy is booming, but for men like Yaboua Assie, who lost two young daughters in one of the conflict’s most notorious massacres, the justice they seek remains …
Ugandan rights groups say proposed law could gag them for polls
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Civil society organizations in Uganda say a proposed new law to regulate their activities is intended to stifle freedoms and blunt criticism of government ahead of presidential elections next year.
Kenya to welcome Obama ‘home’ to a continent that feels ignored
KOGELO, Kenya (Reuters) – When Barack Obama visits Africa this month, he will be welcomed by a continent that had expected closer attention from a man they claim as their son, a sentiment felt acutely in the Kenyan village where the 44th U.S. president…
Bird flu spreading across West Africa, human spillover feared: U.N.
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A highly contagious strain of avian flu is spreading across West Africa, decimating poultry farms and stoking fears the virus will jump from birds to humans, the U.N.’s food agency warned on Monday.
U.S. warns Kyrgyzstan that strained ties threaten aid
BISHKEK (Reuters) – The United States warned Kyrgyzstan on Monday that escalating tension in their relations could threaten a wide range of U.S.-funded aid programs in the Central Asian nation.
Blast goes off in Syria’s Kobani, conflicting accounts on cause
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An explosion went off in the Syrian border town of Kobani on Monday, and conflicting accounts were given of its cause.
U.S. Admiral says his South China Sea surveillance flight ‘routine’
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – A top U.S. Navy admiral said he joined a routine surveillance flight over the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, drawing a stern rebuke from China which said such activities seriously damaged mutual trust between the two co…
At least eight Afghan soldiers killed in ‘friendly fire’ incident
PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least eight Afghan soldiers were killed in a “friendly fire” incident on Monday when NATO forces mistakenly launched an air strike on their army outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.
