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Migrant flows slow to trickle in Libyan former smuggling hub

Departures of migrant-laden boats to Italy from Sabratha, formerly Libya's biggest people-smuggling hub, have slowed to a trickle thanks to a security crackdown triggered by European pressure that ejected the city’s top smuggler. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FIBMsn

British academic arrives in London from UAE after spy conviction pardon

A flight carrying British academic Matthew Hedges landed at London Heathrow airport on Tuesday, a day after he was pardoned in the United Arab Emirates from a life sentence for spying, a Reuters photographer said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RcjbpS

As Singapore enters twilight of Lee era, ruling party prepares for change

Modern city-state Singapore is a predictable place: it's hot and humid every day, unabashedly pro-business, immaculately clean -no chewing gum anywhere - and the government is usually run by a Lee. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KCnpnW

British academic arrives in London from UAE after pardon for spy conviction

A flight carrying British academic Matthew Hedges landed at London Heathrow airport on Tuesday morning, a day after he was pardoned in the United Arab Emirates from a life sentence for spying, a Reuters photographer said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BzvN4N

Poland's former regulator head detained by anti-corruption agency

Poland's anti-corruption agency CBA said on Tuesday it has detained the former head of the country's financial regulator KNF Marek Chrzanowski, who will hear charges at the prosecutor's office. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2DJKvYB

Fractured Australian government sets stage for May election with early budget

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday his government will deliver its annual budget early as it prepares for an election due by May, but suffered an immediate setback when one of his MPs said she was quitting his party. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ApMuOl

Myanmar seizes boat carrying 93 fleeing Rohingya camps for Malaysia

Authorities in Myanmar have seized a boat carrying 93 people, apparently Rohingya Muslims, fleeing displacement camps in western Myanmar's Rakhine State and hoping to reach Malaysia, an official said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P1qkXX

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." from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QnDO5g

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. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SfgeES

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. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PU1ej8