UK’s Luton airport passenger terminal briefly evacuated
LONDON (Reuters) – The passenger terminal at Luton airport north of London was briefly evacuated on Tuesday after a faulty light fitting in the baggage reclaim area caused a fire alarm to go off, an airport spokeswoman said.
France’s Jewish migrants face challenge of life in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – At a busy supermarket in Jerusalem a smartly dressed woman, recently arrived in Israel, was stopping shoppers to ask if anyone spoke French. Having found a candidate, her first question was: “Where’s the cheese counter?”
Sixth grade student killed by Yemen drone strike-rights group
SANAA(Reuters) – A Yemeni rights group said on Tuesday a sixth grade student aged about 12 was killed in a U.S. drone strike east of the capital Sanaa, an assertion that could raise fresh concern over Washington’s campaign against suspected militants.
Battles continue outside Syria’s Kobani after Kurds claim victory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces battled Islamic State fighters outside Kobani on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, a day after Kurds said they had taken full control of the northern Syrian town following a four-month battle.
In parting shot, Obama prods India on religious freedom
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama weighed in on one of India’s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit on Tuesday, making a plea for freedom of religion to be upheld in a country with a history of strife between Hindus and minoriti…
U.N. secures pledge to free 3,000 South Sudan child soldiers
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United Nations has secured a pledge for the release of about 3,000 child soldiers in South Sudan, in what it called “one of the largest ever demobilizations of children”.
Exclusive: ICC backers defy Israeli call to cut funding to war crimes court
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Many leading backers of the International Criminal Court will ignore Israel’s call for them to cut funding in response to an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, officials told Reuters.
Russia dismisses U.S. espionage charges against alleged NYC spy ring
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed charges by the U.S. against three men for their alleged involvement in a Russian spy ring operating in New York City.
Erdogan settles in as Turkey’s strongman, constitutional change or not
ANKARA (Reuters) – A grand new palace, toothless opposition and fawning ruling party have helped Tayyip Erdogan craft a powerful role as Turkey’s head of state; but elections may yet deny him his goal of a full executive presidency and sow political un…
Turkish police fire tear gas to stop people entering Syrian Kurdish town
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired tear gas on Tuesday to stop people trying to cross into the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, after Kurdish forces drove out Islamic State militants who besieged the city for four months, a Kurdish politician and …
