The Buzz | Romania probes ‘slaves’ kidnapped, chained, forced to beg

Romanian prosecutors say dozens of vulnerable people including children were kidnapped, chained up, fed scraps of food and forced into manual labor or fighting for entertainment over an eight-year period. Organized

Germany | President admits diplomat failures in colony in Chile

Germany’s president said Tuesday that he regrets his country’s diplomats failed for years to act on human rights violations at a secretive colony of German immigrants in Chile. Germany recently ordered

This Day in History | 1958 – Coup in Iraq sparks jitters in Middle East

A group of Iraqi army officers have staged a coup in Iraq and overthrown the monarchy. Baghdad Radio announced the Army has liberated the Iraqi people from domination by a

Offbeat | Tokyo Disney sees visitors boost

The operator of Tokyo Disneyland expects overseas visitors to more than double by 2020 to around 4 million as Walt Disney Co.’s first resort outside the U.S. rides on publicity generated

World Briefs

CHINA warned other countries yesterday against threatening its security in the South China Sea after an international tribunal handed the Philippines a victory. Beijing said it could declare an air

Innovation | Nissan keeps self driving simple, not quite autonomous

Self-driving cars may be all the rage, but when it’s a real product, coming soon from Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., the technology gets toned down. And so don’t expect

Survey | Europeans worry migrants may increase terror threat

The refugee crisis and the threat of terrorism in Europe are very much related to one another in the minds of many Europeans, according to a survey conducted across the

Nobel winner Malala visits world’s largest refugee camp

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is spending her 19th birthday in Kenya yesterday visiting the world’s largest refugee camp to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as Dadaab camp

20 dead in train crash in southern Italy

Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on yesterday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more, officials said. At least two passengers were pulled

Iraq | Suicide bombing in Baghdad Shiite district kills 12

A suicide car bomb ripped through an outdoor market in a Shiite-dominated northeastern district of Baghdad on yesterday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, as government forces deployed across

This Day in History | 1985 – Live Aid makes millions for Africa

The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa has raised triple the £10m expected. And as the London event draws to a close at Wembley Stadium, Britain had contributed £1,100,000

India | PM calls emergency meeting as Kashmir death toll rises

India’s prime minister called an emergency meeting yesterday over escalating anti-India protests in Kashmir, where at least 28 people have died in clashes and hospitals are struggling with hundreds of

The Buzz | US report accuses UK officials of hampering HSBC probe

A U.S. report is accusing British officials of hampering a probe into HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks. The U.S. House Financial Services Committee said Monday it released the report

World briefs

EU-CHINA European Union and Chinese leaders kick off a summit yesterday at a time of global uncertainty over Brexit and pressure from European companies for better access to China’s market. EU leaders

US 2016 election campaign | NAFTA a sore spot for some Democrats on Clinton

Michigan is trickier than it may appear for Hillary Clinton, a Democrat whose party’s presidential nominees have carried the struggling manufacturing hub for decades. Bernie Sanders beat her in the state’s

Rights group says Saudi-led coalition damaged Yemen economy

The Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen’s Shiite rebels has caused extensive damage to the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country’s economic infrastructure in the year-long air campaign, an international rights group said yesterday. Human

Spain | Hundreds attend funeral of gored bullfighter

Hundreds of people joined family, friends and members of Spain’s bullfighting world for a funeral Mass yesterday for bullfighter Victor Barrio who was fatally gored in a bullring this past

This Day in History | 1990 – Yeltsin resignation splits Soviet Communists

The populist politician and president of the Russian parliament, Boris Yeltsin, has resigned from the Soviet Communist Party. The resignation has also led to a declaration from the small but influential

Offbeat | Spain calls in UK ambassador to protest Gibraltar incident

Spain’s Foreign Ministry has called in the British ambassador to protest what it described as reckless behavior by a Gibraltar police boat patrol toward a Spanish police vessel. In a statement,

The Buzz | Two Guantanamo detainees sent to Serbia in latest releases

A Tajik and a Yemeni national each held for roughly 14 years at Guantanamo Bay have been freed and sent to the Balkan nation of Serbia, the U.S. Department of

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