U.N. official calls China’s crackdown on Uighurs ‘disturbing’
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator on Wednesday criticized China’s crackdown on the Muslim Uighurs in the far western region of Xinjiang, citing “disturbing stories” of harassment and intimidation against the ethnic minority.
Seventy insurgents defect to Syrian army in Damascus suburb
AMMAN (Reuters) – Around seventy Syrian rebels have fled from an opposition held suburb south of the Syrian capital and surrendered with their light arms to the Syrian army, a monitoring group and an army source said on Wednesday.
Seventy insurgents defect to Syrian army in Damascus suburb
AMMAN (Reuters) – Around seventy Syrian rebels have fled from an opposition held suburb south of the Syrian capital and surrendered with their light arms to the Syrian army, a monitoring group and an army source said on Wednesday.
Seventy insurgents defect to Syrian army in Damascus suburb
AMMAN (Reuters) – Around seventy Syrian rebels have fled from an opposition held suburb south of the Syrian capital and surrendered with their light arms to the Syrian army, a monitoring group and an army source said on Wednesday.
France to increase West Africa troops to support Boko Haram fight
PARIS (Reuters) – France is increasing its West African counter-insurgency force to support regional forces fighting Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday.
U.S. may be unable to defend U.S.-backed Syria fighters from Assad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States does not appear to have clear-cut legal authority to protect Syrian rebels it trains from attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even if Congress approves new war powers, U.S. Defense Secret…
Turkey shuts border crossings as fighting worsens around Syria’s Aleppo
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has closed two border crossings with Syria as a security precaution as fighting around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensifies, Turkish customs and government officials said on Wednesday.
British defense secretary dismisses U.S. concern about force cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s defense secretary on Wednesday sought to dispel U.S. concerns about cuts in his country’s defenses, saying it was maintaining and developing a credible capability and urging fellow European NATO members to step up their…
Turkish police use teargas to subdue protesters marking teen’s death
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police on Wednesday fired water cannon and teargas at hundreds of protesters who had gathered to mark the first anniversary of the death of a teenager fatally wounded during anti-government demonstrations.
Bahrain detains student, teachers over Koranic recitation to music
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain’s public prosecutor has charged a high school student and two teachers with insulting Islam in connection with a video showing the student reciting verses from the Koran to musical accompaniment, state news agency BNA reported…
