Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.
Arab Islamist rebels, Kurds clash in northern Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamist rebels have cut access to a Kurdish area in northern Syria and clashed with Kurdish nationalist PKK fighters whom they accuse of backing President Bashar al-Assad, sources on both sides said on Thursday.
New Palestinian prime minister offers resignation
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas just two weeks after taking office, an official in his press office told Reuters on Thursday.
Greece restoring confidence in reform program, says Barroso
VIENNA (Reuters) – Greece is restoring confidence in its economic reform program, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday.
Portugal lax on bribery abroad, Angolan ties a concern: OECD
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s must thoroughly investigate allegations of foreign bribery as its inaction raises serious concerns, especially over business with former colony Angola, the OECD warned on Thursday.
Egyptian court frees Mubarak-era prime minister Nazif
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court ordered the release of former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Thursday because of a limit on pre-trial detention in a corruption case for which he had been held since the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
Kuwait sets sixth parliamentary election in seven years
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait will hold its sixth parliamentary election in seven years on July 25, a snap vote ordered by its top court after the current assembly was dissolved earlier this week in another sign of political turmoil in the Gulf Arab state….
Israel’s Netanyahu signals annoyance with EU over Hezbollah
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced exasperation on Thursday with the European Union’s reluctance to classify Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement as a terrorist group.
Chaos, Islamist threat plague Libya’s lawless desert south
SABHA, Libya (Reuters) – Sitting on cement blocks, surrounded by shisha pipes and machine guns, a dozen or so tribesmen guard a makeshift checkpoint outside the main city in Libya’s desert south.
Rebels hang on near Damascus, hope for deal on arms from Jordan
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels besieged in the outskirts of Damascus say they are facing a slow but steady advance by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, and are pinning their hopes on an anticipated influx of weapons from the Jordanian border.
