U.N. criticizes Iraq trials of ISIS ‘members’, including human shields
The United Nations raised “serious concerns” on Tuesday about the trials of hundreds of alleged Islamic State members in Iraq, some of whom merely prepared meals, offered medical services or even acted as human shields for the jihadist group.
Explainer: What we know about Trump’s Middle East peace plan
More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the long moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, U.S. President Donald Trump is finally set to release details. But there is profound mistrust between the sides and no longer mutual accep…
Wuhan people keep out: Chinese villages shun outsiders as virus spreads
In a village in Beijing’s far northeastern Shunyi district, residents have set an informal rule: “If you’re here, don’t leave. If they’ve left, don’t let them come back.”
China sure of slaying ‘devil’ virus, Hong Kong to cut links
President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating a “devil” coronavirus that has killed 106 people, spread across the world and rattled financial markets.
Man in Germany contracts coronavirus in one of first cases of transmission outside China
Germany has declared its first confirmed case of the coronavirus after a 33-year-old man contracted it from a colleague visiting his workplace from Shanghai, in one of the first cases of person-to-person transmission outside China.
For Burundi gravedigger, bodies and memories resurface as mass grave exhumed
What seems like a lifetime ago, Barampama Maximilien shoveled dirt over rows of bodies at gunpoint, sweating in fear that he would be next. This week the skeletons – and his memories – emerged from Burundi’s red earth.
Ivory Coast’s Soro says he remains presidential candidate despite warrant
Former Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro said on Tuesday he would not drop out of presidential elections set for the end of the year, despite an arrest warrant out against him.
Japanese coach driver who met Wuhan tourists catches coronavirus: ministry
A Japanese coach driver has been infected with the new coronavirus after coming into contact with Chinese visitors, officials said on Tuesday, the first reported case of a possible transmission inside Japan.
Police arrest Indian protest organizer on sedition charges
Indian police on Tuesday arrested a university student who has been involved in organizing protests against a contentious citizenship law after he made comments that the ruling Hindu nationalist party said were seditious.
Back to the future: Crisis-era Irish party edges toward power
Fianna Fail’s near century-long dominance of Irish politics came to a halt in 2011 after it suffered an unprecedented electoral collapse. Nine years later, the party is on the verge of leading the next government.
