European human rights body says Azerbaijan must stop pressure on activists
BAKU (Reuters) – A European rights monitor urged Azerbaijan authorities on Tuesday to ensure that freedom of expression, association and assembly is respected and to halt pressure on human rights defenders.
Belgium should avoid new world record of post-election crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Temuraz Sadoyan has no strong view on whether Belgium should split, but he is clear about what he wants from a future federal government after a May 25 election.
Gunmen storm Libyan parliament, stop lawmakers’ vote on next PM
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed Libya’s parliament on Tuesday and opened fire, forcing lawmakers to abandon a vote on the next prime minister, witnesses said.
U.N. renews Western Sahara mission, but without rights monitors
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council renewed a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara for another year on Tuesday, and urged all sides to respect human rights, but it did not call for the Uni…
Italy court says Knox murdered flatmate over argument, not orgy
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – The Italian court that found American student Amanda Knox guilty of murder in January, said on Tuesday she had killed her British flatmate because of a domestic argument, rather than during a sex game, and that she herself h…
Yemeni army mounts offensive against al Qaeda
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni troops backed by air force planes attacked al Qaeda bastions in the south of the country on Tuesday to try to eradicate the Islamist militant group that has killed hundreds of people in Yemen since 2011.
U.N. renews Western Sahara mission, but without rights monitors
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council renewed a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara for another year on Tuesday, and urged all sides to respect human rights, but it did not call for the Uni…
Afghan couple hack off nose, ears in revenge attack
BAGHLAN MARKAZI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police have arrested the parents of a 14-year-old girl after they attacked a religious cleric and cut off his nose and ears in retaliation for what they say were a series of sexual attacks on their daught…
Bahrain jails five for plotting to bomb 2013 F1 race
MANAMA (Reuters) – Five people, including a woman who used a pillow to pretend she was pregnant, were sentenced to five years in jail on Tuesday for plotting to disrupt the 2013 Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix by planting a bomb at the circuit, state ne…
Turkey’s Erdogan calls on U.S. to extradite rival Gulen
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would ask the United States to extradite an Islamic cleric he accuses of plotting to topple him and undermine Turkey with concocted graft accusations and secret wire taps.
