Russia fails in bid to stop U.N. staff benefits for all gay couples
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia failed on Tuesday in a bid to stop the United Nations extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples after a U.N. General Assembly budget committee voted 80 to 43 against the proposal.
Islamic State recruits 400 children since January: Syria monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called “Cubs of the Caliphate” military training and hardline indoctrination, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
U.S. says would review any Iraqi request for help in Tikrit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States would review any Iraqi request for assistance with its offensive to retake the city of Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, describing the operation as “stalled.”
Policeman, two soldiers killed in attacks in Egypt’s Sinai: sources
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Two Egyptian soldiers and a policeman were killed in separate attacks in North Sinai on Tuesday, medical and security sources said, the latest in a string of attacks on the peninsula bordering Israel and the Suez Canal.
Afghan police official fired for mob-killing Facebook comment
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s interior ministry fired the spokesman for Kabul’s police chief on Tuesday for Facebook comments that seemed to try to justify the mob killing of a 27-year-old woman falsely accused of burning a Koran.
U.S., allies hit Islamic State with 14 air strikes: Joint Task Force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 14 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in the latest round of daily attacks, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Tuesday.
Britain says to boost defense of disputed Falkland Islands
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will reinforce its military presence on the disputed Falkland Islands to ensure they are properly protected, Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday, a move rejected as unnecessary by Argentina which lays claim to th…
Desperate for food, Mindanao villagers want to return home
SHARIFF SAYDONA, Philippines (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dina Yusef points to some rice and a few cans of sardines – all she has left to feed her four children and husband nearly a month after they fled their Philippines village when soldiers cleared the area in their search for armed Muslim rebels.
Taiwan president pays last respects to Singapore’s Lee, China shrugs off
TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou flew to Singapore on Tuesday to pay his respects after the death of the city-state’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, a diplomatically sensitive visit given China’s stance that Taiwan is …
Romanian prosecutors find gold, Renoir painting in minister’s safe
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian prosecutors have widened a probe into former finance minister Darius Valcov, accusing him of making unlawful business gains after discovering cash, gold bars and a French impressionist painting in his safe.
