Indian diplomat seeks dismissal of U.S. criminal case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade on Tuesday asked a U.S. judge to throw out immigration and employment charges against her that led to a major diplomatic spat between the United States and India.
Bombs kill 12 in Baghdad, militants stage big attack near Falluja
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two car bombs killed 12 people in Baghdad on Tuesday and Sunni Muslim militants staged coordinated attacks near the western city of Falluja, destroying two tanks and capturing a police station, police said.
Serbian ex-security men held over Milosevic-era killing of journalist
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Two former Serbian state security agents were detained on Tuesday over the killing of opposition newspaper publisher and journalist Slavko Curuvija during the rule of strongman president Slobodan Milosevic in 1999.
Analysis: Italy’s top court leaves electoral reform in tangle
ROME (Reuters) – The reasons given by Italy’s top court for throwing out key planks of the country’s electoral law leave politicians no closer to agreeing a new system to give Italy the stable government it badly needs.
Scores fleeing South Sudan fighting drown in Nile: officials
JUBA (Reuters) – Scores of South Sudanese drowned when a packed ferry capsized in the White Nile near the capital of an oil-producing region where government forces and rebels have fought for control, officials said on Tuesday.
Erdogan says Turkish corruption probe “black stain” on democracy
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described a corruption investigation shaking his government as a “black stain on Turkey’s democratic history” and a worse betrayal than any of the military coups of past decades.
Kerry asks Vatican to help win release of American jailed in Cuba
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday asked the Vatican to help win the release of an American contractor who has been in jail in Cuba since 2009.
Hollande says his personal life must remain private
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande, under fire over an alleged affair with an actress, refused on Tuesday to discuss his personal life but said he would clarify the status of France’s first lady before a visit to the United States nex…
School shooting reported in New Mexico, suspect in custody
(Reuters) – Police are investigating a reported shooting at a New Mexico middle school, saying they have a suspect in custody but no details on whether anyone was injured in the Tuesday morning incident.
U.S. calls Israeli minister’s reported comments ‘offensive’
ROME (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday rebuked Israel for comments attributed to the Israeli defense minister suggesting that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace is messianic and obsessive.
