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.
UK lawmakers urge more clinical trial transparency
LONDON (Reuters) – The failure by drugmakers and researchers to publish results from all clinical trials – whether good or bad – is risking patient safety, British lawmakers said on Tuesday in a report that adds to pressure for more transparency.
Curfew imposed as Thai rubber protest drags on
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Protesters blocked a highway in southern Thailand for a second day on Tuesday in a bid to force the government to increase a subsidy for rubber farmers, even though a curfew was imposed in the area after clashes with riot police on …
Merkel coalition, combined opposition running neck-and-neck: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition and Germany’s combined opposition are running neck and neck, a poll showed on Tuesday, five days before a national election that will decide who steers Europe’s largest economy throug…
