Hungary backtracks on contested reforms after EU pressure
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament has approved changes to the constitution, removing restrictions on political media campaigns ahead of next year’s election and backtracking on other legal aspects the European Union has said may conflict with i…
Libyan PM says dialogue, not bloodshed must stop oil protests
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya is losing some $130 million a day due to protests that have crippled the North African’s oil sector, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Tuesday and insisted he still wanted to solve the crisis through dialogue rather than force….
Cambodian rivals edge closer to deal over disputed poll
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s main opposition party said a deal to end the stalemate over July’s disputed general election could be near and a rally by its supporters went ahead on Tuesday without the violence seen at the weekend, when one man was …
North Korea rejects U.N. rights report as political plot
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korea on Tuesday rejected the findings of a U.N. human rights inquiry as part of a political plot “fabricated and invented by forces hostile” to Pyongyang.
Bangladesh Islamist’s war crimes life sentence revised to death
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s Supreme Court sentenced an Islamist leader to death for war crimes on Tuesday, overturning a life sentence imposed by a tribunal, triggering outrage from his lawyers and protests from his supporters.
Netanyahu, Obama to meet in Washington on Sept 30, official says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on September 30, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, for talks expected to focus on Iran’s nuclear program.
Israeli soldiers kill suspected Palestinian militant in raid
JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a 20-year-old Palestinian militant on Tuesday during a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
China says will give U.N. Syria report ‘thorough review’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that it would take a serious look at a report by U.N. investigators which confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in an August 21 gas attack outside the Syrian capital.
Contentious Turkish mosque project stirs sectarian unrest
ANKARA (Reuters) – Billed as a symbol of peace between two faiths, a new place of worship has turned a poor suburb of Ankara into a battleground and exposed wider sectarian tensions within Turkey.
Iran confirms exchange of letters with Obama
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that President Hassan Rouhani had exchanged letters with U.S. President Barack Obama, confirming direct communication between the leaders of the two countries.
