China considers measures to curb workplace harassment: Xinhua
China is considering introducing measures to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace in a civil code draft submitted to the country’s top legislature on Monday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Iran forces kill two militants, seize 14 near western border
Iranian security forces killed two militants and arrested 14 in two separate operations carried out in the western part of the country, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said on Monday, quoted by the IRIB news agency.
Qatar to expand air base hosting major U.S. military facility
Qatar will expand two air bases including Udeid, which hosts the largest U.S. military facility in the Middle East, a senior military official said on Monday amid a year-long dispute between the tiny Gulf Arab state and its neighbors.
U.N. calls for Myanmar generals to be tried for genocide, blames Facebook for incitement
Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent”, and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for the gravest crimes under international law, United Nations investigators said….
Attackers beat, injure Bosnian Serb journalist reporting on suspicious death
A Bosnian Serb journalist who reported on the suspicious death of a young man was severely beaten late on Sunday, when hooded men attacked him in the Bosnian Serb capital of Banja Luka, his employer the local BN TV said.
Russian court jails Kremlin critic Navalny over protest
A Russian court sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 30 days in jail on Monday after convicting him of breaking public protest laws, a move he said was illegal and aimed at stopping him leading a rally against pension reform next month.
Ethiopia arrests disgraced regional boss accused of rights abuses
Police in Ethiopia arrested the disgraced former head of the eastern Somali region on Monday on charges of human rights abuses and stoking deadly ethnic clashes, the attorney general’s office said.
German government condemns far-right demo in eastern city after killing
Germany will not tolerate “vigilante justice”, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Monday, after hundreds of far right protesters staged a violent demonstration in response to a fatal stabbing that authorities blamed on a Syrian and an Iraqi.
Russia postpones peace talks with Taliban – Afghan President
Russia has agreed to postpone multilateral peace talks with the Taliban, a week after the insurgents accepted an invitation to go to Moscow for a Sept. 4 summit, the office of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday.
EU disagrees with Russia that Syrian refugees can go back
The European Union does not believe Syria is safe for refugees to go back, officials in Brussels said of a Russian push to have people return to the war-torn country and the international community to spend money on rebuilding it.
