Globe Trot: Doctors Without Borders accuses U.S. of war crimes
AFGHANISTAN: Doctors Without Borders (or MSF for Medicins sans Frontiers) is seeking an international inquiry into the U.S. airstrike in Kunduz that destroyed its hospital and killed 22 people. It’s the biggest loss of life for the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization, said international MSF president Joanne Liu: “Our colleagues had to operate on each other.”
COLOMBIA: It remains in doubt whether peace is within reach between the Colombian government and FARC, the rebel group arguably running the world’s longest insurgency. Former OAS ambassador Roger Noriega provides a helpful breakdown of key points to watch for as both sides reach a six-month timetable for negotiations.
PACIFIC: U.S. President Barack Obama is courting support for the Pacific trade accord struck on Monday, while winners and losers are emerging in a pact whose details haven’t yet fully emerged.
MIGRANTS: Dramatic footage from Hungary’s borders gives a bird’s-eye view of both the extent of the crisis and the challenge for law enforcement, here and here.
BANGLADESH: Rising numbers of attacks claimed by Islamic State on those opposing Islam threaten Bangladesh’s fragile Christian community.
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