India clamps down on unregistered taxis after Uber rape claim
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India ordered state governments to halt the operations of all unregistered, web-based taxi companies on Tuesday after a female passenger reported she was raped in New Delhi by a driver contracted to U.S. cab company Uber.
UN says rich nations pledge to take 100,000 Syrian refugees
GENEVA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that Western governments had heeded a call to take in more Syrian refugees from neighboring countries and estimated that, in all, more than 100,000 places would be offered in…
Sudan ceasefire talks end without deal as violence increases
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Sudanese government and rebels said they failed to agree on a ceasefire as three weeks of negotiations to end a three-year-long conflict concluded on Tuesday amid an uptick in violence.
Irish PM wins confidence vote amid slump in support
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny won a confidence motion with the full support of the government on Tuesday, but the first vote called over his three-and-half year premiership highlighted his and the coalition’s recent political troub…
One killed in Bahrain blast, second bomb in two days
MANAMA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – A bomb explosion killed a Bahraini citizen and wounded an expatriate man on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, the second fatal attack in the Gulf Arab state in as many days.
Iran, Iraq, Syria to continue cooperation against IS
ANKARA (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria and Iraq met in Tehran on Tuesday, saying that they would carry on working together to battle radical Sunni Muslim militants, Syrian and Iranian state media reported.
Merkel wins overwhelming party backing to fend off German left
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s conservatives confirmed Angela Merkel as party leader on Tuesday for the eighth time, giving her overwhelming support to fend off a growing challenge from the left and fuelling talk that she will seek a fourth ter…
Moldova detains seven suspected of uranium smuggling
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Police in Moldova said on Tuesday they had detained seven people suspected of smuggling radioactive Uranium-238 on a train from Russia, a substance they said could have been used to make a “dirty bomb”.
EU-Cuba talks delayed by dispute over cultural event
BRUSSELS/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has delayed negotiations towards an accord with the European Union aimed at opening up the Communist-ruled island, citing a dispute over an EU cultural event in Washington, people close to the matter said on Tuesday.
Dutch to begin assembling MH17 wreckage for investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Crash investigators will try to reconstruct the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July from wreckage that was brought by truck to a Dutch air force hangar on Tuesday.
