EU’s Tusk urges Erdogan to respect judicial process
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Donald Tusk, president of the European Council of EU leaders, urged Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday to ensure fair treatment of recent detainees, a week after sharp exchanges between the bloc and its prospective Muslim …
Hundreds of civilians killed in Libya fighting as crisis deepens: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Hundreds of civilians in Libya have been killed in fighting since late August, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning commanders of armed groups that they could face prosecution for possible war crimes including executions and t…
Northern Ireland rivals clinch deal on austerity, historic crimes
BELFAST (Reuters) – Irish nationalists and pro-British unionists in Northern Ireland struck a deal on Tuesday covering austerity spending and historic crimes, staving off a collapse of the power-sharing government set up in 1998 to end decades of secta…
Under pressure over CIA jail, Poland sends out mixed messages
WARSAW (Reuters) – This month’s acknowledgment by Poland’s former president that he allowed the CIA to operate a secret interrogation center throws the Polish government’s appeal against a European court ruling on the jail into disarray.
Sixty journalists killed in 2014, Mideast deadliest area: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least 60 journalists were killed globally this year in work-related violence, with the Middle East the deadliest region, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a year-end report on Tuesday.
France steps up patrols after spate of lone-wolf attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – French security forces stepped up security at public places for the Christmas holiday season on Tuesday after three separate acts of violence in three days left about 30 wounded and reignited fears of attacks by Islamist radicals.
Ukrainian parliament angers Moscow by scrapping ‘non-aligned’ status
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday renounced Ukraine’s “non-aligned” status with the aim of eventually joining NATO, angering Moscow which views the Western alliance’s eastward expansion as a threat to its own security
Over 1,000 Islamist militants killed in U.S. strikes in Syria: monitor
AMMAN (Reuters) – Three months of U.S.-led strikes in Syria have so far killed at least 1,171 people, mostly Islamic State militants, a British-based Syrian monitoring group said on Tuesday.
Facing stiff challenge, Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa seeks to woo voters
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Facing possible defeat in his bid for re-election, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa sought to reassure voters on Tuesday that he would resist pressure for an international war crimes probe, bring a new political culture and en…
Modi’s party breaks new ground in two Indian states
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party made big electoral gains in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir and captured power in an eastern state on Tuesday, underscoring the Hindu nationalist’s dominance of the politi…
