HRW asks Argentina to probe Saudi Crown Prince over Yemen, Khashoggi
Human Rights Watch has asked Argentina to use a war crimes clause in its constitution to investigate the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in possible crimes against humanity in Yemen and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Hundreds of scholars condemn China for Xinjiang camps
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in its western Xinjiang region, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of “psychological torture of innocent civilians…
Mexico asks U.S. to investigate use of tear gas at border
Mexico’s foreign ministry presented a diplomatic note to the U.S. government on Monday calling for “a full investigation” into what it described as non-lethal weapons directed toward Mexican territory on Sunday, a statement from the ministry said.
‘There were children,’ says migrant mother tear-gassed at U.S. border
A migrant mother photographed running with her daughters from tear gas at the U.S.-Mexico border said she never expected the U.S. Border Patrol to fire gas canisters at children and families.
Tory MPs to back May’s deal if she gives timetable for departure: Times
Brexiteers “will back British Prime Minister May’s deal if she says when she’s quitting,” The Times reported.
U.S. navy hospital ship brings care to Venezuela migrants in Colombia
Even though five-year-old Kamila is used to getting blood drawn, she cried out when the needle pricked her arm, clinging to her mother for comfort in a classroom-turned-clinic in the northern Colombian city of Riohacha.
Smog war casualty: China coal city bears brunt of pollution crackdown
Residents in the rugged, overmined city of Jincheng in northern China’s coal heartland have been breathing a little easier after campaigns to reduce pollution forced dozens of collieries and chemical plants to close.
British academic on way home from UAE after pardon for spying conviction
A British academic was on his way home from the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after a pardon saved him from a life sentence for spying, according to a Reuters photographer.
May begins tour of Britain to sell Brexit deal benefits
Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Northern Ireland and Wales on Tuesday as part of a tour of the United Kingdom designed to rally support for her widely criticized Brexit deal before a vote in parliament.
U.S. calls Russian seizure of Ukrainian ships a ‘dangerous escalation’
Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian navy vessels represents “a dangerous escalation and a violation of international law,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday in a statement that called for restraint from both countries.
