Uganda says LRA rebel to be handed to international court
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A senior Lord’s Resistance Army commander who surrendered last week to the U.S. military in the Central African Republic (CAR) will be handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial, a Ugandan army spokesman …
U.S. brands as ‘terrorist’ Pakistani Taliban head behind massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday declared Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah a “global terrorist,” making it a crime to engage in transactions with the man behind the Dec. 16 attack in which 134 children at a Peshawar school w…
Cuban dissidents out of prison but not entirely free
HAVANA (Reuters) – Most of the 53 Cuban prisoners released from jail under a historic U.S.-Cuba accord remain bound to the justice system under conditions that could easily return them to prison, dissident leaders say.
Sri Lankan opposition files graft complaint against former president
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Marxist opposition filed a corruption complaint on Tuesday against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his relatives and asked the anti-graft body to prevent them from leaving the country.
Revived Nazi-era term ‘Luegenpresse’ is German non-word of year
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German linguists’ panel has chosen a Nazi-era term “Luegenpresse” (lying press), which anti-immigrant protesters have revived and shouted at the media, as the country’s non-word of the year.
Merkel vows to fight intolerance after record anti-Islam march
BERLIN (Reuters) – A day after anti-Islam protesters marched in record numbers in Dresden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government would do everything in its power to fight intolerance, calling discrimination based on religious faith “human…
UK’s Blair apologizes for error that saw Irish bomb suspect go free
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Tuesday defended a scheme informing Irish nationalist militants they were no longer wanted by police, but apologized that such a letter was wrongly sent to a man wanted over a deadly car bo…
Chinese President to pay state visit to UK amid Hong Kong tensions
LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Britain on a state visit later this year, a Foreign Office minister said on Tuesday, while fending off lawmakers’ accusations that London was reluctant to confront Beijing over Hong Kong.
Up to 5,000 European fighters in Syria pose risk: Europol
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Europe’s police organization Europol said on Tuesday the continent was facing its greatest security threat in more than a decade, with as many as 5,000 Europeans who have joined fighting in Syria posing a risk to their ho…
Madagascar government resigns over blackouts, social woes
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and government amid mounting public frustration about regular power cuts and a failure to deliver on promised improvements to daily life.
