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| Zimbabwe partially lifts ban on big game hunting around Cecil's park | |  Zimbabwe has partially lifted a ban on big-game hunting around Hwange National Park that was imposed after an international outcry over the killing of Cecil, the country's most prized lion, by an American dentist last month. Cecil, a rare black-maned lion, was killed on one of the farms adjacent to the park where the ban on big game hunts, first imposed on Aug. 1, remains in force. Authorities in Zimbabwe imposed the indefinite ban after it emerged that American hunter Walter Palmer had killed Cecil with a bow and arrow after, they say, his guides used bait to lure the big cat out of the park's protective embrace.
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| Corrected - Heavily armed "Oath Keepers" inject new unease to riot-hit Ferguson | |  (Corrects description of rifles to military-style from automatic in first paragraph) By Scott Malone FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Four civilians carrying military-style rifles and sidearms patrolled a riot-torn street in Ferguson, Missouri, early Tuesday, saying they were there to protect a media organization but drawing swift criticism from police and protesters alike. The appearance of the four men, all white, quickly drew stares in the mostly black neighborhood, which exploded into violence again on Sunday night as protesters marked the police killing of an unarmed black teen a year ago. The men identified themselves as part of a group called "Oath Keepers," which describes itself as an association of current and former U.S. soldiers and police who aim to protect the U.S. Constitution.
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| FIFA name ex-IOC official Carrard to head reform task force | |  By Simon Evans ZURICH (Reuters) - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) director general Francois Carrard has been appointed as chairman of the new FIFA reform task force, the governing body for world football said on Tuesday. The 77-year-old Swiss, who guided the IOC through its own corruption scandal following the vote for 2002 Winter Olympics, won by Salt Lake City, will head an 11-person group charged with reforming the scandal-plagued FIFA. (Reporting By Simon Evans, editing by Mitch Phillips)
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| Malaysia's Najib looks to ride out political crisis | |  By Trinna Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The future looked dark for Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak last month when it was reported that investigators probing alleged mismanagement at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had traced a payment of nearly $700 million to a bank account under his name. "Najib, it appears, has indeed emerged from the eye of the storm," said Oh Ei Sun, senior fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Najib has consistently denied taking any money for personal gain.
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| Australia ruling party blocks members from voting for gay marriage | |  By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative coalition government on Tuesday blocked its members from voting in favour of gay marriage, a politically risky move that effectively rules out a marriage equality bill passing under his government. The decision by Abbott to use parliamentary tactics to thwart the libertarian wing of his Liberal Party comes just six months after he narrowly survived a party room coup and amid dismal polls that have reignited speculation over his future. The coalition's current position is against same-sex marriage.
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| Dutch prosecutors: fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile | |  By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Some of the debris recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be fragments of a Russian-made missile system, Dutch prosecutors leading an international investigation said on Tuesday. MH17 crashed over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard, who were mostly Dutch citizens. "The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigates several parts, possibly originating from a Buk surface-air-missile system," a statement from prosecutors said.
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| Yemen "crumbling" from war, sieges causing starvation - aid groups | |  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Yemen is "crumbling" under a deepening humanitarian crisis after months of civil war, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday, and a U.N. investigator said sieges imposed by combatants were causing starvation. ICRC President Peter Maurer, ending a three-day visit to the Arabian Peninsula country, called for free access to deliver life-saving food, water and medicines, while urging the warring parties to work towards a negotiated solution. Every family in Yemen has been affected by this conflict," Maurer said in a statement.
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| Turkey rescues 330 Greece-bound Syrians amid record surge of refugees | |  By Ayla Jean Yackley CESME, Turkey (Reuters) - The Turkish coastguard on Tuesday rescued 330 Syrians adrift in the Aegean Sea after failing to reach Greece, as the number of migrants attempting the treacherous passage to Europe surges. A spokesman for the Greek coastguard, Nikolaos Lagadianos, said it "categorically denied" the allegations, saying an incident had taken place off the Turkish town of Bodrum, further south, but that the Greek authorities had not been involved. Most are travelling to Greek islands in the Aegean from the nearby Turkish mainland.
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| Drama as Modi makes final monsoon push to pass GST | |  By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a last push before the end of a stormy parliament sitting to pass a major tax reform aimed at boosting economic growth, but an opposition party dug in its heels to stop the bill. Aimed at creating a customs union for India's 1.2 billion people, the Goods and Service Tax (GST) is the biggest revenue shake-up since independence from Britain in 1947. Supporters say it will add up to two percentage points to economic growth.
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| Protests return to Ferguson streets, state of emergency declared | |  By Carey Gillam and Scott Malone FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Riot police clashed early on Tuesday with protesters in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri marking the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death sparked a national outcry over strained race relations. About 200 demonstrators, some waving flags, beating drums, and shouting anti-police slogans, marched along a street that was a flashpoint of riots that erupted last year after white police officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Police carrying shields rushed into a crowd of protesters around midnight, prompting many to scream and run away.
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