Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many as 1,700 soldiers massacred last summer by Islamic State militants as they swept across northern Iraq.
Fire put out on Russian nuclear submarine in shipyard
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Firefighters have put out a blaze on a nuclear submarine which was undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Russia’s northern province of Arkhangelsk on Tuesday.
U.S.-led forces conduct 12 air strikes in Iraq, three in Syria: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants with 12 air strikes in Iraq and three air strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Ahead of election, UK doctors criticize Cameron over healthcare
LONDON (Reuters) – Over 100 senior British medical professionals criticized Prime Minister David Cameron and his coalition government on Tuesday for their handling of the National Health Service (NHS), a major issue in the upcoming national election.
Nicole Kidman under fire for ad campaign for airline accused of ‘abhorrent’ policies
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Actress and U.N. women’s rights ambassador Nicole Kidman came under fire on Tuesday for her role as the face of Etihad Airways, the second-largest airline of the United Arab Emirates.
U.S. judge denies request by Prince Andrew accuser to join lawsuit
(Reuters) – A woman who said in court papers she was forced as an underage girl to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew, prominent U.S. lawyer Alan Dershowitz and other men cannot join an ongoing lawsuit in Florida, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Kenyan university students march to demand security after Garissa
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan university students marched in the capital on Tuesday to demand more security from the government after gunmen killed 148 people at a campus in the eastern town of Garissa last week.
Congo police arrest five pro-democracy activists: group
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police arrested five members of a pro-democracy group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday as they protested against the illegal detention of activists in the capital Kinshasa, group members said.
France’s Hollande to declassify Rwanda genocide documents: source
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande has decided to declassify documents related to the Rwanda genocide that killed over 800,000 people in 1994, a source close to the president’s office told Reuters on Tuesday.
Schulz warns Greece to stick to EU’s line on Russia sanctions: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Parliament President Martin Schulz warned Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras not to break with the European Union line on sanctions toward Russia during a visit to Moscow planned for Wednesday.
