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| Opposition raises concerns with PM Narendra Modi over student protests | |  Indian opposition leaders raised concerns on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over widening protests on university campuses, as the heated political atmosphere again threatened to stall reforms in parliament. Lawmakers convene on Feb. 23 for a session in which the government will present its annual budget and try to enact key economic reforms, including the biggest overhaul of taxes since independence in 1947.Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said the government was ready to discuss all major issues, including the protests, after opposition lawmakers raised the issue with Modi at an all-party meeting aimed at preparing the ground for the upcoming session. "The government is always willing to walk the extra mile to accommodate the views of opposition parties and take up a discussion on each and every issue," Naidu said.His comments came against the backdrop of the biggest Indian nationwide student protests in a quarter of a century that followed the arrest of a student leader at a rally to mark the anniversary of the execution of a Kashmiri separatist.
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| FIFA hears Blatter appeal against eight-year ban | |  Banned FIFA president Sepp Blatter was at the headquarters of soccer's governing body on Tuesday for a hearing to appeal against his eight-year suspension from the sport. Blatter, 79, was banned in December along with European soccer boss Michel Platini over a payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million) made to the Frenchman in 2011 by FIFA with Blatter's approval for work done a decade earlier. FIFA's ethics committee, which imposed the bans on Blatter and Platini, said the payment, made at a time when the former was seeking re-election, lacked transparency and presented conflicts of interest.
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| French ex-president Sarkozy questioned by judges on funding | |  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, a potential candidate in 2017, was taken for questioning by investigating magistrates on Tuesday about a scandal over excess spending in his unsuccessful 2012 re-election campaign. A judicial source said Sarkozy, leader of the centre-right opposition Republicans, had been notified in advance that the summons could lead to his being placed under formal examination, which would be a prelude to a possible trial. Sarkozy has repeatedly denied knowledge of dual accounting and some 18 million euros ($20.1 million) in false invoices issued by the Bygmalion event-organisation company that meant his campaign costs were more than double the legal limit.
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| U.N. rights boss urges China to release lawyers, treat HK booksellers fairly | |  GENEVA (Reuters) - The top United Nations human rights official urged China on Tuesday to release all lawyers detained since July, including 15 arrested last month, saying it was wrong to prosecute or sanction them for their work. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, also voiced concern for five booksellers from Hong Kong who have gone missing and urged Beijing authorities to ensure a "fair and transparent procedure" for their cases. ...
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| Belgium detains 10 people in IS recruitment investigation | | | Belgian police raided homes in Brussels on Tuesday and detained 10 people on suspicion of operating a recruitment ring for militant group Islamic State. "Our investigation points to several persons having left for Syria to join Islamic State," Belgium's federal prosecutors said in a statement. Belgium has one of the highest per capita rates of participation in militant groups such as Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. |
| China warns U.S. of "serious consequences" over Washington plaza name | | | China's Foreign Ministry warned the United States on Tuesday there would be "serious consequences" if a plaza in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington was named after a pro-democracy dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner. By unanimous voice vote, the U.S. Senate on Friday backed a plan to name the plaza after Liu Xiaobo, jailed for 11 years in 2009 on subversion charges for organising a petition urging an end to one-party rule. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the move ran "contrary to the basic norms of international relations" and China was resolutely opposed to it. |
| Top officials escape assassination attempt in Yemen's Aden - security source | | | The governor and security director of the southern Yemeni city of Aden escaped a gun attack on their convoy on Tuesday, a security official said, the latest in a string of militant attacks on the government. Al Qaeda and Islamic State militants have taken advantage of 10 months of civil war in Yemen to expand their presence in Aden, where the embattled government is based. |
| Chinese Uighur suspects deny Bangkok bomb charges in court | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two Chinese ethnic Uighur men on Tuesday appeared at a Thai military court and denied all charges against them for involvement in a bombing that killed 20 people in Bangkok last year. Most of those killed in the Aug. 17 explosion at the Erawan shrine near a busy Bangkok intersection were foreigners. "I am an innocent Muslim," Yusufu Mieraili, one of the two suspects, told the court.
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| Insight: Not in my backyard? Mainstream Scandinavia warily eyes record immigration | |  Across the border in the far northern Swedish town of Kalix, a traditional bastion of centre-left politics, over 100 residents signed a petition against plans to turn a 19th century country house into a reception centre for unaccompanied minors. The debate among these liberal Scandinavian stalwarts would have been unheard of a year ago, underscoring how concern about a record influx of immigrants is percolating into the Nordics' mainstream from the populist fringes. A record 163,000 refugees arrived in Sweden and the far right is vying for top spot in polls.
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| Scalia's death boosts legal chances for Obama's climate plan | |  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A vote to block the Obama administration's ambitious climate regulation was one of Antonin Scalia's last acts as a Supreme Court justice. Scalia died Saturday. Four days earlier, he voted with the other conservative members of the high court to put a hold on the administration's plans to implement the Clean Power Plan while it is litigated.
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