Court orders Sri Lanka to stop deporting Pakistani asylum seekers
COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered authorities to stop deporting Pakistani asylum seekers, following a complaint they were being forcibly sent home without having their claims properly assessed.
Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys in northeast Nigeria: witnesses
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram fighters have abducted dozens of boys and men in a raid on a remote village in northeast Nigeria, loading them onto trucks and driving them off, witnesses who fled the violence said on Friday….
Top Saudi cleric calls for code of conduct to curb violence
DUBAI (Reuters) – A top Saudi Muslim cleric called on Friday for a global code of conduct for leaders, scholars and young people to halt a further slide into violence and “terror” in the Middle East.
U.N. nuclear chief to visit Iran before investigation deadline
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano will visit Iran on Sunday in an apparent attempt to push for progress in a long-running investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran.
Three Islamist protesters killed in Cairo: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Islamist protesters were killed on Friday during clashes between police and demonstrators in Cairo, Egyptian security sources said.
Exclusive: Sunni leaders open to joining Iraq government if conditions met
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq’s Sunni Muslim heartland who rebelled against outgoing premier Nuri al-Maliki’s Shi’ite-led government are willing to join the new administration if certain conditions are met, a spokesman said o…
Modi says India is shamed by rape in Independence Day speech
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s recently elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke out against rape in his first Independence Day speech on Friday, saying the country was shamed by increasing reports of sexual violence against women a…
Obama to visit Estonia, meet with Baltic leaders in September
EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Estonia in September and meet with leaders from three Baltic states on his way to a NATO summit in Wales, the White House said on Friday.
Italy says two boat migrants die, 1,500 saved as total passes 100,000
ROME (Reuters) – Two boat migrants died among almost 1,500 rescued by Italy in the last 24 hours, authorities said on Friday as the total number reaching Italian shores this year passed 100,000.
China opens $2-billion extension of controversial Tibet railway
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday officially opened a $2-billion extension of its controversial railway into Tibet, state media reported, linking the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with a key Buddhist site.
