Fear and silence in Libya as divisions deepen
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – On the surface life looks normal in the Libyan capital. Cafes are bustling with customers sipping cappuccino, while well-stocked shops sell anything from Italian underwear to French cheese.
Taliban suicide attack on Pakistani police headquarters in Lahore kills six
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber on Tuesday killed six people and himself in a brazen attack on police headquarters in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, in what militants called a revenge bid for the recent hangings of colleagues….
Kurdish militants demand progress from Turkey or say peace talks may end
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Kurdish militants demanded concrete steps from Turkish authorities to advance a peace process on Tuesday, warning that otherwise its future was at risk.
Syrian army in swift advance near Aleppo, blocks road – monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army backed by allied militia has captured several villages north of Aleppo from insurgents and fighting has blocked a main supply route leading into the northern city, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
India’s Modi vows to protect all religious minorities
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Tuesday to protect all religious groups, an apparent response to a series of attacks on Christian institutions in New Delhi fuelling concerns that minorities are being targeted by Hindu…
China orders compensation to acquitted death row prisoner
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China’s southern city of Fuzhou ordered compensation of 1.14 million yuan ($182,000) to a former death row prisoner who was acquitted on charges of poisoning two children, state media said on Tuesday.
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”.
Police find no explosives after alert at Copenhagen cafe
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police said they found no explosives in a suspect package left outside a Copenhagen cafe on Tuesday, the scene of a fatal shooting three days earlier at an event promoting free speech.
Proposed South Africa ban on foreign land ownership aimed at farms: minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African government proposal to ban foreign nationals from owning land will apply to farms, not residential property, a government minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Thailand fails to tackle human trafficking and abuse: rights group
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thailand’s efforts to combat human trafficking in its multi-billion dollar fishing industry have been “wholly inadequate”, and it has failed to end officials’ involvement in trafficking and labor abuses, a rights …
