Bachelet presses China for UN access to Xinjiang’s Uighurs
GENEVA – United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says that she is seeking access to China to verify continuing reports of disappearances and arbitrary detentions, particularly of Muslims in…
UK PM May calls knife-crime meeting amid row over police funding
LONDON – Prime Minister Theresa May says she will hold a summit on how to tackle Britain’s soaring knife-crime rate as she battles accusations that her government austerity policies are…
Korea sees signs N.Korea restoring part of missile launch site: Yonhap
WASHINGTON – South Korean intelligence agencies have detected signs that North Korea is restoring part of the Dongchang-ri missile launch site it tore down, Yonhap News Agency reported. Specifically, Yonhap…
Albanian opposition urges snap election as protesters rally outside parliament
TIRANA – Albania’s main opposition leader has urged Prime Minister Edi Rama to call a snap election over allegations of corruption and vote fraud, as anti-government protesters rallied outside parliament.…
New Delhi is world’s most polluted capital, Beijing eighth
NEW DELHI – New Delhi was the world’s most polluted capital city in 2018, two groups monitoring air pollution said on Tuesday in a study of the amount of fine…
More marine heat waves threaten fish and corals: study
OSLO – The frequency of ocean heat waves has surged more than 50 percent since the early 20th century in a threat to fish, corals and other marine life stoked…
Two more teenagers killed as knife murders in Britain soar
LONDON – Two teenagers were killed in knife attacks in Britain over the weekend, bringing the number of people killed in stabbings this year to at least 24 and pushing…
Ted Baker founder and CEO Kelvin quits after misconduct allegations
Ray Kelvin resigned as chief executive of British retailer Ted Baker on Monday, seeking to allow the fashion brand he founded to move on from misconduct allegations stemming from his…
Germany to strip IS fighters of citizenship
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have agreed a plan to strip some Germans who fight for the Islamic State militant group of…
Egypt releases award-winning photojournalist jailed since 2013
CAIRO – Egyptian authorities have released a photojournalist who spent more than five years in jail after covering a 2013 sit-in that ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters.…
