Houthis say fire rocket at southern Saudi military base
RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen’s armed Houthi movement fired a rocket at the King Faisal military base in the southern Saudi Arabian city of Jizan on Tuesday, the group’s al-Masirah TV said on Twitter.
Iran’s Zarif meets EU foreign policy chief as Europe tries to save nuclear deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iran’s talks with European countries to save the nuclear deal are on the right path despite the U.S. withdrawal, its foreign minister said after meeting the European Union’s foreign policy chief on Tuesday.
German soccer stars under fire for posing with Turkey’s Erdogan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s DFB soccer federation and several German politicians have criticized two top national soccer players for posing for a photo with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, whose policies have come under fire in Europe.
Indonesian children who joined suicide attacks kept isolated by parents
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The parents of Indonesian children and young adults who took part in deadly suicide bombings in Surabaya had isolated them within a tightly knit circle of militant Islamists, police said on Tuesday.
Palestinian President Abbas in hospital for minor surgery: WAFA
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, 82, is undergoing minor ear surgery in a West Bank hospital and is expected to be discharged within a few hours, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Tuesday.
Taliban battle into west Afghan city in new crisis for government
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters with heavy weapons and night-vision equipment fought their way close to the center of the western city of Farah on Tuesday, as Afghan government forces backed by U.S. air strikes battled to keep control, …
The week that Malaysian leader Najib’s world fell apart
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – As results poured in from polling stations around Malaysia on the night of May 9, with one parliamentary seat after another falling to the opposition, a stunned Prime Minister Najib Razak stared defeat in the face.
Russia’s Putin, PM Medvedev likely to discuss members of new government on Tuesday: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are likely to discuss who will become ministers in the Russia’s new government on Tuesday, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, told reporters on a conference call….
Myanmar anti-war protester says police to lay more charges against him
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar student activist Zayya Lwin said on Tuesday that police planned to press additional charges against him after he was detained on the weekend following a peace rally and criticized police at a poem-reading event in Yangon two …
Sichuan Airlines co-pilot ‘sucked halfway’ out of cockpit, captain says
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The co-pilot of a Sichuan Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday was “sucked halfway” out of the plane after a cockpit windshield blew out, media reported, citing the aircraft’s captain.
