France says Syrian war at ‘turning point’, mulls arming rebels
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday the conflict in Syria had reached a “turning point” after the fall of the city of Qusair to President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, raising the question of whether to arm Syrian rebels.
Germans accuse U.S. of Stasi tactics before Obama visit
BERLIN (Reuters) – German outrage over a U.S. Internet spying program has broken out ahead of a visit by Barack Obama, with ministers demanding the president provide a full explanation when he lands in Berlin next week and one official likening the tac…
Al Qaeda, Sunni insurgents exploit Iraq’s sectarian woes
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Masked gunmen stopped the bus full of Shi’ite Muslim police officers and families at what looked like an Iraqi army checkpoint on a western desert highway in the Sunni-dominated province of Anbar.
Embattled U.N. rights envoy for Palestinian areas vows to stay on
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights investigator for the Palestinian territories said on Tuesday he would not resign and accused critics of calling him anti-Semitic to divert attention from his scrutiny of Israeli policies.
Bosnians protest over row that leaves babies in ID limbo
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Around 5,000 Bosnians marched in Sarajevo on Tuesday to voice growing public anger over political paralysis, symbolized by the case of a baby who had to wait to travel abroad for a stem-cell transplant because authorities could not…
U.S. sanctions four Hezbollah supporters in West Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in West Africa.
Russia would consider asylum for U.S. cyber leaker
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia would consider granting asylum to the American who has exposed top-secret U.S. surveillance programs, if he were to ask for it, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Tuesday.
Booz Allen fires Snowden for violating firm’s ethics, policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp said on Tuesday it has fired Edward Snowden, who admitted to releasing information on the U.S. government’s broad monitoring of American’s phone and Internet data, for violating t…
Insight: Ahead of vote, ‘kidnapped’ Iran reformists imprisoned at home
DUBAI (Reuters) – Four years after Iranians took to the streets to demonstrate against the results of a presidential election, the authorities are taking no chances this time, keeping opposition leaders confined under house arrest with doors and window…
Turkey detains a ‘main perpetrator’ of bombings that killed 51
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said it had detained a “main perpetrator” of the bombings that killed 51 people near the Syrian border last month, adding that the Turkish man had been caught as he tried to flee over the frontier.
