China offers hefty rewards for ‘terrorism’ tips in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is offering up to 1 million yuan ($160,000) in rewards to “terrorism” informants in its western Xinjiang region, state media said on Tuesday, in the latest policy aimed at getting a handle on unrest there.
Chile government to beef up security following bomb attack
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s government said it would tighten security to avoid an escalation in violence and use the “full weight of the law” against those responsible for a bomb attack that wounded 14 on Monday.
Battle for Benghazi could break up Libya
CAIRO (Reuters) – Pro-government Libyan forces, already reeling from the fall of the capital, are fighting to prevent Islamist militants from seizing the eastern city of Benghazi and splitting the North African country into three warring parts.
Killing and preaching, Nigerian militants carve out ‘caliphate’
GOMBE Nigeria (Reuters) – First comes the killing, then the preaching.
Rights group accuses Israel of forcing African migrants to leave
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch accused Israel on Tuesday of coercing thousands of Sudanese and Eritrean migrants to leave since last year in a report that documented alleged cases of abuse against some of those who returned home.
Turkey snubs possible energy deals with Israel after Gaza offensive
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is unlikely to sign any energy deals with Israel for the construction of a gas pipeline to Turkey because of a deepening political rift over Israel’s Gaza offensive, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday.
U.S., China security leaders trade barbs over jet maneuvers
BEIJING (Reuters) – Top U.S. and China security officials traded accusations this week over what the United States said was China’s intercept of a U.S. Navy patrol plane near the southern island province of Hainan.
Yemeni army, Shi’ite rebels trade gunfire in capital
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni troops and Shi’ite Muslim rebels shot at each other at the Western entrance to the capital Sanaa, residents and security sources said, hours after soldiers killed at least four protesters outside the cabinet building.
Rebel French lawmakers threaten abstention in confidence vote
PARIS (Reuters) – Rebel lawmakers in France’s ruling Socialist party could abstain in a Sept. 16 confidence vote on President Francois Hollande’s reshuffled government, one of their number said on Tuesday of a move that would threaten his parliamentary…
Erdogan battles ‘Assassins’ in power struggle over Turkish courts
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Likening foes in the judiciary to medieval “Assassins” betraying Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan made one thing clear as he assumed the presidency last month: his battle to purge their influence over the courts is far from over.
