Human Rights

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Latest on tensions between Serbia and Kosovo (all times local):

11 a.m.

The NATO-led Kosovo Force mission is calling on all people in the country to stay calm, adding that it is closely monitoring a police operation in the north.

KFOR spokesman Col. Vincenzo Grasso told The Associated Press on Tuesday that they are monitoring the situation and coordinating with the authorities, but NATO troops are not on alert.

Jaipur, May 28 (PTI) A 10-month-old baby was allegedly raped by her 15-year-old neighbour in Rajasthan's Karauli district, police said Tuesday.

The accused took the baby to an isolated area on Sunday evening and committed the crime, investigating officer and SHO of Kotwali police station Roop Singh said.

An FIR in the case was lodged on Monday, he said, adding the accused has been detained and will be produced in a court Tuesday.

The girl is admitted to a hospital in Karauli, he said.

KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) — The Latest on a stabbing attack at a bus stop just outside Japan’s capital (all times local):

2:55 p.m.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has described a fatal stabbing spree near Tokyo as harrowing, adding that he is outraged and will take all necessary measures for children’s safety.

Authorities say a man carrying a knife in each hand attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop in Kawasaki, just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, wounding 16 people and leaving three dead, including himself. Most of the injured were schoolgirls at a Catholic school.

Kanpur: The poor patients are generally indicted if they demand of any free facility at the government hospitals. Such case has come to light at Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital here. Only a stretcher was demanded from a hapless father but he faced harsh reality of inuman behaviour by the hospital staff. 

27 May 2019; MEMO: One of the two Jewish settlers recently caught on video starting a fire in the occupied West Bank is an Israeli soldier, it has been revealed.

According to reports in the Israeli media, “the army knows the identity of the settler”, and “two security sources confirmed the details, saying that the soldier was on leave when the arson took place”.

27 May 2019; MEMO: Israeli forces rounded up eight Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Monday, Anadolu reports.

The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without elaborating on the nature of these activities.

“The suspects have been taken into custody for further investigation,” it added.

27 May 2019; MEMO: The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Monday welcomed the Czech Republic’s rejection to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the ministry lauded the Czech “commitment to international resolutions and international law”.

On Saturday, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis reiterated rejection to relocate his country’s embassy in Israel, citing that the move would contradict with the stances of the EU and UN.

27 May 2019; AFP: Days ahead of an annual holiday when Americans remember those who died while serving in the armed forces, the US Army's Twitter account asked people how their time in the military affected them and received an outpouring of grief.

The question drew some 10,000 replies since it was posted late last week paint a harrowing picture of the toll America's wars have taken on those who fought them.

Jaipur, May 26 (PTI) A married woman was allegedly abducted and raped by six men in Rajasthan, police said Sunday.

The woman, who was reported missing for over a month, on Saturday filed a complaint against six men -- Vikas Kumar, Rajuram, Deshraj, Balveer, Motaram and Vidhyadhar -- at Ladnu police station in Nagaur district, alleging that she was kidnapped by them and then taken to different places in Sikar and Churu districts where she was raped, they said.

Jamshedpur, May 26 (PTI) A government college teacher has been arrested here for allegedly writing an "objectionable post" on Facebook two years ago in support of a beef party in Chennai, police said on Sunday.

Jeetrai Hansda, a contractual faculty member in the Jamshedpur Co-operative College, was apprehended from a village in Sakchi area of Jamshedpur on Saturday night, an officer said, adding that the teacher had been evading arrest.