Libyan armed groups may have committed war crimes in Tripoli: HRW
CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan armed factions’ attacks on civilians and destruction of property over five weeks of fighting to control Tripoli may amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
Ebola map shows people in more African regions at risk of animal infection
Scientists have created the newest map of places most at risk of an Ebola outbreak and say regions likely to be home to animals harboring the virus are more widespread than previously feared, particularly in West Africa.
Pakistan opposition says making progress in government talks to end protests
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Leaders of Pakistani protests demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation are making progress in talks with the government, officials said on Monday, trying to find a solution to a crisis that has destabilized the coup-pro…
Britain says not making contingency plans for Scottish independence
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is not making contingency plans for the possibility that Scots will vote for independence on Sept. 18, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
Russia, U.S. to hold talks on 1987 arms accord
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian and U.S. officials will meet in Moscow on Thursday to discuss a 1987 arms control treaty whose future could be in doubt.
Peacekeepers in Somalia use aid to rape women and buy sex for $5: HRW
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
Israeli cult leader convicted of sexual crimes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cult leader alleged by prosecutors to have kept 21 wives under his spell for years was convicted on Monday of sexual crimes but acquitted of charges of enslavement.
India and Pakistan leaders lower cudgels as floods ravage Kashmir
SRINAGAR/MUZAFFARABAD (Reuters) – The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have offered to help each other in efforts to alleviate flood havoc in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, lowering tension between the rival nations after weeks of army …
Turkey in missile talks with France after China disagreements: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was in talks with France on the purchase of a long-range missile defense system after disagreements with China, which was originally awarded the tender.
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
DONETSK/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, jeopardizing a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces …
