UK court quashes decision not to hold Litvinenko poisoning inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) – The High Court has quashed a decision by the British government not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London in 2006 after being poisoned with a radioactive substance.
Serbian court jails nine for 1999 war crimes in Kosovo
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s war crimes court jailed nine former members of a Serbian paramilitary group on Tuesday for killing more than 120 ethnic Albanian civilians during the Kosovo conflict in 1999.
Turkish editor hits out at media coercion under Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A top Turkish mainstream newspaper editor has openly decried widespread government pressure on the media, in an unusually blunt outburst against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership months ahead of elections.
Grenade attack in Pakistani cinema city kills 10
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Unknown assailants lobbed grenades into a cinema in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding 16, hospital officials and police said.
UK court quashes decision not to hold Litvinenko poisoning inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) – The London High Court on Tuesday quashed a decision by the British government not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London in 2006 after being poisoned with a radioactive…
China bristling, Spain seeks to limit its judges’ international rights powers
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament will debate a bill on Tuesday to limit the power of judges to pursue international human rights cases, a day after Spanish arrest orders were issued for former Chinese officials accused of genocide in Tibet.
Russia decries U.N. draft on Syria aid, urges resolution on ‘terrorism’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday a draft U.N. resolution on aid access in Syria was “detached from reality” and urged the West to refrain from what it called one-sided accusations against Damascus.
Abbas aide calls Kerry peace formula a recipe for failure
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A top Palestinian official said on Tuesday a framework agreement being crafted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to buttress troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks may be doomed to fail.
China, Taiwan agree to open offices after historic talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Taiwan, at odds for more than six decades, agreed at historic talks on Tuesday to set up representative offices as early as possible, though sensitive political issues like a formal peace treaty were not up for discussion….
Italy parliament rejects bid to impeach President Napolitano
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s parliament on Tuesday rejected a bid by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to impeach President Giorgio Napolitano, but opposition lawmakers kept up their attacks on the 88-year-old head of state.
