Russia, Belarus hold talks over re-export of banned Western food
MINSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow dispatched top veterinary officials to Belarus on Tuesday after the neighboring country, which has a free trade zone with Russia, said it would not become a back-door conduit for banned Western food products.
Sri Lanka violates refugee law by deporting Pakistanis: UNHCR
GENEVA/COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sri Lanka is violating international law by deporting Pakistani asylum seekers by force and without allowing the United Nations to assess their asylum claims, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Ramaphosa says miners’ living conditions ‘inhumane’
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that living conditions for many miners were “inhumane” and that he wished that he had done more as an executive at the platinum producer Lonmin to improve them.
Croatia rejects demand for referendum to restrict Cyrillic signs
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croat war veterans on Tuesday lost their bid to hold a referendum that would have tightened restrictions on the use of Cyrillic language signs in areas of Croatia populated by the Serb minority.
Islamic State carves jihadist hub in heart of Middle East
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Ridiculed at first, the new power which has seized a third of Iraq and triggered the first American air strikes since the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011 – has carved itself a powerful and possibly lasting presence in the Middle East.
Liberia to give two doctors trial drug, Ebola toll at 1,013
MONROVIA/DAKAR (Reuters) – Liberia said on Tuesday it would treat two infected doctors with the scarce experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, the first Africans to receive the treatment, while authorities in Spain said a 75-year-old priest had died of the dise…
UK ban on prisoners voting breaches their human rights: European rights court
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s ban on prisoners voting breaches their human rights, a top European court ruled on Tuesday, its latest ruling in an ongoing tussle that has riled British politicians hostile to EU human rights laws.
White House: U.S. to provide $180 million for food in South Sudan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will provide approximately $180 million on Tuesday to help feed the people of South Sudan, the White House said, citing a risk of famine there.
China TV series on Deng stirs questions on political openness
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state television is airing a serial on late leader Deng Xiaoping, a rare portrayal of a top politician that state media have trumpeted as a sign the Communist Party is easing its grip on officials’ sensitive legacies.
Uganda’s Museveni wants to water down anti-gay law : lawmaker
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wants to re-issue a divisive anti-gay law that was rejected by a court, but without tough penalties for consenting adults, a ruling party lawmaker said on Tuesday.
