THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The World Court on July 19 and 20 will hear a request by the Netherlands and Canada that it order Syria to cease all acts of torture and arbitrary detention, as part of a case alleging the country has breached a U.N. anti-torture treaty. The hearing at the Peace Palace, the…
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to humanitarian services for those the government sent to a dangerous area of the Tunisia-Libya border, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Tunisia has removed hundreds of the migrants to a desolate area along the…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were near flat on Thursday as the market weighed tighter U.S. crude supplies with the higher likelihood of a U.S. interest rate hike that could dent energy demand. Brent crude futures settled 13 cents lower at $76.52 a barrel, after a 0.5% gain the previous day. U.S….
By Andrew Gray and Niklas Pollard BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Sweden failed on Thursday to convince Turkey to lift its block on Stockholm’s path to NATO membership, and the issue will now go to a meeting of the Turkish and Swedish leaders next week. Speaking after talks with the Turkish and Swedish foreign ministers at the security…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted a policeman who shot dead an autistic Palestinian in 2020, ruling that the victim was mistaken for a militant under circumstances arising from the “unique intensity” of trying to secure Jerusalem. Iyad al-Halaq, 32, was on his way to volunteer at a special needs school when…
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan may meet during next week’s NATO summit in Lithuania, sources briefed on the planning said. A brief Biden-Erdogan meeting is possible at the summit and is being worked on now, one person familiar with the matter said. A “pull aside” meeting between the…
By Alex Lawler and Dmitry Zhdannikov VIENNA (Reuters) – OPEC will likely maintain an upbeat view on oil demand growth for next year when it publishes its first outlook later this month, predicting a slowdown from this year but still an above-average increase, sources close to OPEC said. OPEC’s forecast for 2024 will likely be…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Longtime Showtime Networks executive David Nevins has been named chief executive of the North Road Company, an independent studio founded by Hollywood veteran Peter Chernin, who announced the appointment on Thursday. Nevins will oversee North Road’s portfolio of scripted and unscripted content and documentaries, and also look to make acquisitions. Chernin…
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s central bank is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged next week after an aggressive tightening round aimed at battling persistent inflation, but analysts are split over whether the rate hike cycle has ended. Of the 17 economists polled by Reuters, 13 projected the Bank of Israel would…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Tel Aviv’s police commander said on Wednesday he was quitting the force, citing political intervention by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right cabinet whom he said wanted excessive force used against anti-government protesters. Tel Aviv District Commander Ami Eshed did not name the far-right National Security Minister Itamar…
