Passions run high as Hong Kong marches for democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, many calling for the city’s leader to be sacked, in what could turn out to be the biggest challenge to Chinese Communist Party rule in more than a …
U.N. Security Council seeks compromise to boost aid access to Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – With nearly 11 million Syrians in need of humanitarian help, U.N. Security Council members are pushing Russia and China to support a compromise draft resolution to boost cross-border access and threaten sanctions on those tha…
Cuban editors, pressured to leave magazine, announce new venture
HAVANA (Reuters) – Two editors who helped turn a Roman Catholic magazine into a rare forum for open debate in Communist-ruled Cuba, then resigned under pressure this spring, announced on Tuesday that they will launch a new forum to air a broad range of…
Israel mourns teenagers, strikes Hamas in Gaza
MODI’IN Israel (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of mourners joined in an outpouring of national grief on Tuesday at the burial of three Israeli teenagers whose kidnapping and killing Israel blamed on the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
African refugees face cuts in rations as funding runs low: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – African refugees who have fled wars or persecution face cuts in their daily rations because of a $225 million shortfall for vital food programs, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Knox-ex boyfriend says not together for whole night of Kercher murder
ROME (Reuters) – The former boyfriend of Amanda Knox, on trial with her for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, distanced himself from his co-defendant on Tuesday, saying the two had not been together for the whole evening when the crime to…
Cambodia frees activist as ties warm with Thai junta
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia on Tuesday released a jailed Thai activist whose 2011 sentence for spying stoked a long-running diplomatic row with neighboring Thailand that escalated into border skirmishes between rival troops.
U.S. imposes sanctions on Islamist group in Congo for targeting children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday blacklisted a Ugandan Islamic group, the Allied Democratic Forces, for targeting children in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
New Zealand wants Malaysia to act against diplomat over sex charge
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand pressed the Malaysian government on Tuesday to take action against a diplomat who claimed immunity and left the country after being charged with committing a sexual assault in the capital, Wellington, in May.
South Africa’s NUMSA union says reverting to 15 percent wage demand
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s striking engineering and metal workers union NUMSA said on Tuesday it was reverting to a demand for a 15 percent wage increase, because employers had failed to respond in kind to its concession of a lower 12 perc…
