France to help China in hunt for corruption suspects
PARIS (Reuters) – France is ready to help China track down people suspected of corruption who may be on French soil, and does not rule out extraditing any it finds to Beijing, a justice ministry official said.
Rise of Turkish Islamic schooling upsets secular parents
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has seen a sharp rise in religious schooling under reforms that President Tayyip Erdogan casts as a defense against moral decay, but which opponents see as an unwanted drive to shape a more Islamic nation.
In Zimbabwe, the route to power is called Mugabe
HARARE (Reuters) – Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is – quite literally – paving the way for his wife’s ascent to power.
Jets carry out air strikes west of Libyan capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At least three people were killed on Tuesday in air strikes on a town west of Tripoli carried out by forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government, which is in conflict with a rival force controlling the capital, off…
Greek opposition leader says he would swiftly axe bailout
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras promised on Tuesday that if elected, he would swiftly scrap the country’s EU/IMF bailout without waiting for the outcome of talks with lenders.
Kenyan court sentences U.S. man to 50 years for child pornography
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced a 59-year-old U.S. man to 50 years in jail for circulating pornographic images of children on the Internet.
In Bhopal, two women spark hope for disaster’s disabled children
BHOPAL, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Along the corridor of a rudimentary rehabilitation center, women in saris and burkhas sit cross-legged on a red and white tiled floor, rocking children with twisted limbs and clawed fingers in their laps.
Tunisia’s first parliament after revolution opens session
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s first full elected parliament held its opening session on Tuesday with a challenge to implement the democracy its people sought when they marched in the 2011 revolt against autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
U.N.’s Kane calls for greater Syrian disclosure on chemical weapons
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Syria must disclose documents about its chemical weapons program and grant full access to inspectors if it wants to convince world powers it has destroyed its entire toxic stockpile, U.N.. disarmament chief Angela Kane said on Tue…
U.S. says to discuss possible new Russia sanctions with Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will talk to European allies this week about imposing further sanctions on Russia if pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine do not halt violence, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.
