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| French court orders seizure of properties tied to Congo president's family | |  French judges have ordered the seizure of properties tied to the family of Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso in an investigation over suspected ill-gotten wealth, a source at the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Congo's long-ruling leader Sassou Nguesso, is among a number of African leaders targeted by a long-running French investigation into suspected ill-gotten wealth in France. "The seizures were carried out after a thorough financial investigation that established a direct link with several members of Sassou Nguesso's family," the source told Reuters.
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| U.N. chief demands South Sudan leaders correct 'grave mistakes' | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Sudan's president and a rebel leader accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire brokered to end a 21-month conflict in the world's newest state as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon appealed to them "not to betray and disappoint us." Ban told President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar that now was the time to correct their "grave mistakes." A political dispute between the pair spiralled into a war that has killed thousands and forced two million people to flee. "We are all here to help you, I hope you will not betray and disappoint us," Ban told a meeting on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in support of a peace deal signed last month. Kiir has been president since independence from Sudan in 2011, and Machar was his deputy until he was dismissed in 2013.
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| Blatter does not rule out staying beyond February, says confidant | |  By Simon Evans ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter has not ruled out trying to stay on as FIFA's president beyond February's scheduled election, despite facing a criminal investigation and a possible internal ethics probe, a close confidant told Reuters on Tuesday. The scenario where Blatter would try to stay on appears far-fetched, and an ethics investigation could lead to his suspension from the game before the election even begins. The Swiss attorney general's office (OAG) opened criminal proceedings against Blatter on Friday, saying he was suspected of making a "disloyal payment" of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.04 million) to Michael Platini.
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| U.S. fails to stop flow of foreign fighters to Islamic State: study | |  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 30,000 foreigners, including more than 250 Americans, have joined Islamic State and other militant groups to fight in Syria and Iraq, double the number a year ago, a congressional study released on Tuesday showed. The United States is doing too little to stop the flow of fighters, according to the six-month study by Republicans and Democrats on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee. The report called urgently for a nationwide strategy for combating the threat from such fighters, with better information sharing within the United states and internationally.
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| Envoys in Bangladesh limit movements after Islamic State claims attack | | | By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Western embassies in Bangladesh have restricted their diplomats' movements amid concern more foreigners might be targeted after an Italian was shot dead in the first attack in the country claimed by Islamic State. Police in the Bangladeshi capital arrested two suspected recruiters for Islamic State this year. Attacks on foreigners are rare in Bangladesh, despite a rising tide of Islamist violence over the past year that has seen four online critics of religious militancy hacked to death, among them a U.S. citizen of Bangladesh origin. |
| Former FIFA powerbroker Warner banned from soccer for life | |  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Trinidadian Jack Warner, once one of the most powerful men in world soccer, has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee of the global governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. In the biggest corruption scandal to hit the sport, Warner and 13 other soccer officials and sports marketing executives were indicted in the United States on May 27 on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments. Warner was found to have committed "many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF," the ethics committee said.
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| U.S. whistleblower Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut | |  Edward Snowden has come in from the cold - on Twitter. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs, started a Twitter account on Tuesday from exile in Russia with a simple handle - @snowden. Snowden's initial tweet was "Can you hear me now?" The message, a take-off on a cellphone provider television commercial, was retweeted 25,000 times in an hour.
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| Swiss approve extradition of ex-Costa Rican soccer chief | |  Swiss authorities have approved a U.S. extradition request for ex-Costa Rican Football Federation President Eduardo Li, the fourth official due to be sent to the United States in connection with a corruption scandal that has engulfed FIFA. The U.S. Department of Justice issued an arrest warrant in May for Li, accusing him of taking bribes in connection with the sale of marketing rights for World Cup 2018 qualifying games. Li, a Costa Rican citizen, was one of seven officials from world soccer's governing body taken into custody in a dawn raid on a luxury Zurich hotel on May 27.
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| Sri Lanka war crimes resolution softened before U.N. debate | |  By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed resolution at the United Nations that seeks justice for victims of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war has been softened to keep its government on board and allay the concerns of powerful neighbour India, sources say. The latest draft, expected to be adopted in Geneva on Thursday, fails to specify the powers and role of foreign prosecutors and judges in trying war crimes suspects - a major shortcoming, in the eyes of human rights groups. "Everything now depends on implementation - the text was worded in a very ambiguous way," said Alan Keenan, Sri Lanka analyst at the International Crisis Group.
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| Families divided, residents flee from Afghan city under siege | |  Just before dawn on Monday, the residents of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz awoke to the crack of gunfire, as Taliban fighters fought their way into the city from three sides. Others still mourned relatives killed in the Taliban's most audacious offensive on a city centre since the Islamist militant movement was ousted from power in 2001. "My mother-in-law peeked from behind a wall to see what was going on and was shot in the head and died," said a Reuters eyewitness who was in his home in Kunduz when the fighting erupted at around 3 a.m. "It was mayhem and people did not know what to do." Normal life was suspended as most shops remained shuttered, government officials fled to the airport and dozens of United Nations staff were evacuated from close to the city centre.
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