Syria war: G7 rejects sanctions on Russia after 'chemical attack'
G7 nations have rejected a call by Britain for sanctions against Russia in the wake of a deadly chemical attack they say was carried out by Moscow's ally, Syria.
Italy's foreign minister said the group did not want to back Russia into a corner and preferred dialogue.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is now heading from the G7 meeting in Italy to talks in Moscow.
He insisted Syria's president could not play a part in the country's future.
Mr Tillerson will meet Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow but it is unclear whether he will hold talks with President Vladimir Putin.
On Tuesday, Mr Putin called for the UN to hold an independent investigation into the chemical attack on the rebel-held Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun that left 89 people dead.
Indonesia: gay men facing 100 lashes for having sex
Case could become the first time Aceh’s sharia law has been enforced against homosexuality
Two gay Indonesian men have been arrested and face 100 lashes in a case that is drawing international attention to the enforcement of controversial new Islamic bylaws in the semi-autonomous Aceh province.
Mobile phone footage, showing vigilantes slapping one of the young men as he sits naked on the ground awaiting arrest by local sharia police, has been shared on social media in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Human Rights Watch has demanded their immediate release, saying their possible punishment – a public beating with a stick – constitutes torture.US plans to bomb Syria and blame Assad, Vladimir Putin claims
Russian leader warns relations between Moscow and Washington are at their worst since the end of the Cold War
Russia has information about a planned US air strike on Damascus involving chemical weapons that would be blamed on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to frame him, Vladimir Putin has claimed.
The Russian President made reference to strikes on suburbs in the south of the Syrian capital which he suggested would be the targets of the supposed US raids.
He also said the US strike on a Syrian airbase last week reminded him of claims made about weapons of mass destruction claims that were used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Report: Young migrants in Germany turning to prostitution
A rising number of adolescent migrants in Germany are turning to sex work after aging out of youth welfare programs. The Left Party has called for increased funding into integration and social policies.
German aid charities have reported a marked increase in the number of young migrants turning to prostitution in Germany. That's according to an investigation published on Monday by Berlin broadcaster rbb in cooperation with a number of local charities.
The increase has seen more young men to sex work, namely of Afghan, Pakistani and Iranian backgrounds.
Aid charities see Germany's wavering social system as the catalyst for the rise. Once refugees turn 18 they no longer qualify for state support for young people, forcing them to turn to prostitution as a way to make ends meet.
'Beg-packers': White tourists who beg in southeast Asia
Locals have been shocked to see white tourists begging in the streets of Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore to raise money for their travels. While some just see it as bizarre, others are outraged by it, calling it an "orientalist fantasy".
“Beg-packers” is the word sometimes used to describe young Western tourists who play music or sell knick-knacks in the streets of southeast Asia to pay for their trips or to purchase their ticket back home.
Photos of two couples doing just this have been widely circulated online. The first pair are sitting on the ground behind a cardboard sign that says "Support our trip around the world”, and are peddling postcards. Other photos show a different young man playing Pink Floyd and Guns ‘N’ Roses songs on the guitar and harmonica next to a cardboard sign with the same message.
At stake in Johannesburg's 'recycling wars': more than trash
In another lifetime, Louis Mahlangu was an electrician.
It was a good job, challenging and respectable, the kind of profession that could make his family proud.
There was just one problem.
“There was no work,” he says. No matter how hard he looked, Mr. Mahlangu was barely finding enough jobs to scrape by. Then his sister invited him to tag along to her job. The hours were good, she promised, and the pay – well, it was better than anything he was likely to earn replacing wiring in suburban houses.
And so he put on a pair of rubber rain boots, hiked to the top of a squelching mountain of Johannesburg’s garbage, and began digging for plastic.
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