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| U.S. universities seek to delay lawsuits over Asian-American admissions | |  By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) moved this week to delay lawsuits by a conservative group alleging that the schools unfairly limit the number of Asian-American students admitted. The universities have cited last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision to revisit a white student's lawsuit against the University of Texas that claims consideration of an applicant's race violates the Constitution. The schools say the lawsuits against them should be suspended until the Supreme Court rules on the Texas dispute, likely by June 2016.
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| Turkish PM, asked to form government, vows quick start on coalition talks | |  By Ercan Gurses ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed a quick start to coalition talks on Thursday, after President Tayyip Erdogan instructed him to form a new government more than a month after an election deprived their AK Party of a parliamentary majority. Opposition lawmakers had accused Erdogan, a founder of the AKP and Turkey's most popular -- and polarising -- political figure, of deliberately delaying the process to push for a snap election he hopes might see the AKP regain a majority. Erdogan gave Davutoglu the mandate to form a new government during a meeting in his palace in Ankara, the presidency said.
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| Paraguay girl's rape case ramps up abortion debate before pope visit | |  By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Pope Francis last year called abortion "horrific." But for the mother of a Paraguayan girl, so too was the rape of her then 10-year-old daughter, who was denied a termination of her pregnancy by doctors and judicial officials. When the Argentine-born pontiff lands in Paraguay on Friday, on the third and final leg of his "homecoming" tour, he will encounter an overwhelmingly Catholic nation struggling with violence against women and deeply divided over abortion. Paraguayan law permits abortion if a mother's life is endangered.
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| Georgia grand jury clears officer in shooting of unarmed black man | | | By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia grand jury on Thursday declined to indict an Atlanta-area police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man who was fleeing in a Maserati, officials said. Nicholas Thomas, 25, was shot to death in March by Sergeant Kenneth Owens of the Smyrna, Georgia, police force. Thomas was driving toward officers, putting them at grave risk, when he was shot, police said. |
| Thai PM defends decision to send Uighurs back to China | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Yesim Dikmen BANGKOK/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister defended on Thursday a decision to forcibly return nearly 100 Uighur Muslim migrants to China despite rights groups' fears they could face ill-treatment, saying it was not Bangkok's fault if they suffered any problems. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha also raised the possibility of shutting the Thai Embassy in Turkey after protesters attacked the honorary consulate in Istanbul, smashing windows and ransacking parts of the building, over the expulsion of the Uighurs back to China. China's treatment of its Turkic language-speaking Uighur minority is a sensitive issue in Turkey and has strained bilateral ties ahead of a planned visit to Beijing this month by President Tayyip Erdogan.
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| FBI says arrested 10 in July 4 plots inspired by Islamic State | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities thwarted plots to kill people in the United States around the July 4 holiday, arresting more than 10 people who were inspired by Islamic State online recruitment, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday. Comey told reporters dozens of people in the United States who are suspected to be under the influence of Islamic State militants have "gone dark" because of encrypted data. He said the 10 arrests were made within the past four weeks. (Reporting by Julia Edwards; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Mohammad Zargham) |
| Malaysia moves on MH17 tribunal plan at U.N., Russia resists | |  Malaysia has asked the United Nations Security Council to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday as counterproductive. Malaysia, a member of the 15-member council, distributed a draft resolution late on Wednesday, which it hoped could be adopted later this month, diplomats said. It is a joint proposal by Malaysia, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine.
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| Bolivia's Morales doubtful of full diplomatic ties with U.S. soon | |  By Sarah Marsh and Diego Oré SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Thursday he wanted to restore full diplomatic relations with the United States but doubted this would happen soon, even after the recent rapprochement between Washington and former Cold War enemy Cuba. Morales, a prominent member of South America's leftist bloc, told Reuters in an interview he had sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama but had not received a response. Relations between the two countries disintegrated in 2008 when the Bolivian leader expelled Washington's ambassador, accusing the United States of conspiring to overthrow his government, and kicked out the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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