China jails seven students of Uighur scholar for separatism
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court handed down sentences of up to eight years in prison to seven students of jailed Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti in China’s western Xinjiang region, two rights lawyers said on Tuesday, in a case that has been criticized b…
U.N. to widen Libya peace talks by including rival parliament
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United Nations will widen a new round of talks aimed at ending Libya’s escalating political crisis by including a rival assembly challenging the recognized government, its special envoy said on Monday.
U.N. Libya envoy says new peace talks next week, not Tuesday as planned before
Tripoli (Reuters) – The United Nations will postpone the start of talks to end Libya’s political crisis until early next week to give the warring parties more time, its special envoy said on Monday.
Possible sanctions breach as Iran Quds chief spotted in Iraq: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations sanctions monitors have said photographs taken inside Iraq appear to confirm that the head of Iran’s elite military Quds Force, one of Iran’s most powerful people, has been in the country in violation of a U.N….
World’s children paying price for political rifts: TRFN
GENEVA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Divisions among the veto-wielding powers of the U.N. Security Council are harming the world’s children and sowing the seeds of future conflicts, the head of the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
Syria calls for U.N. sanctions on Israel over air strikes
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel, a day after accusing the Jewish state of bombing areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near th…
U.N. Libya envoy says new peace talks next week, not Tuesday as planned before
Tripoli (Reuters) – The United Nations will postpone the start of talks to end Libya’s political crisis until early next week to give the warring parties more time, its special envoy said on Monday.
U.N. Libya envoy says new peace talks start next week, not Tuesday as planned before
Tripoli (Reuters) – The United Nations will postpone the start of talks to end Libya’s political crisis until early next week, its special envoy said on Monday.
Uber banned from operating in Indian capital after rape accusation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. online ride-hailing service Uber has been banned from operating in the Indian capital after a female passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, a case that has reignited a debate about the safety of women in the South Asia…
Israel’s parliament votes to dissolve itself and set March 17 election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to dissolve itself in preparation for an early general election on March 17, after a crisis set in motion by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of two ministers.
