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 …
Anti-jihadist raids net five in France, three in Belgium
PARIS (Reuters) – Police in France and Belgium arrested eight suspected militant Islamists on Tuesday in dawn raids three weeks after jihadists killed 17 people in Paris.
Resurgent Scottish nationalists tilt at Labour for Westminster glory
DUNDEE, Scotland (Reuters) – Among the social housing estates of Scotland’s fourth largest city, Ed Miliband’s bid to unseat Prime Minister David Cameron is in trouble: His opposition Labour party is hemorrhaging support to nationalists.
North Korea raises prospect of detaining South Koreans at complex
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has said it can detain South Korean workers at an joint industrial park in the event of a dispute with their companies, South Korea said on Tuesday, in the latest ruling that could hurt confidence in the factory complex.
Regional airlines suspend Baghdad flights after airplane shooting
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Airlines from at least three countries suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after bullets hit an airplane operated by budget carrier Dubai Aviation Corp, known as flydubai, as it was landing at Baghdad airport.
Eleventh person dies in hospital after Spain plane crash
ALBACETE, Spain (Reuters) – A French serviceman who was severely injured when a plane crashed at a Spanish military air base on Monday died in hospital in Madrid on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the accident to 11 people, a ministry of defense …
