Revolution sweeps Armenian opposition leader into power
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected Armenia’s prime minister on Tuesday, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
North Korea proposes new air route through peninsula, South says
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea had proposed a new air route through the two countries, as relations between the neighbors thaw after a breakthrough meeting of their leaders last month.
In India, boy victims of sex crimes don’t get talked about
MUMBAI (Reuters) – He was lured into a room near where he played cricket, a man then shut the door and window, and raped him. That’s what a 14-year-old Mumbai boy told his mother from his hospital bed last July.
Bus catches fire, explodes in heart of Rome
ROME (Reuters) – A passenger bus caught fire and exploded in the heart of Rome on Tuesday, witnesses said, sending a plume of black smoke over the city center in the ninth such blaze this year.
Trump to reveal Iran deal decision, Tehran defiant as rial falls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday whether he will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal or stay in and work with European allies who have struggled to persuade him that it has successfully halted Iran’s nuclear amb…
Armenia protest leader Pashinyan elected as prime minister
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected as Armenia’s new prime minister on Tuesday, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.
Myanmar refugees hope for peace and stability, head home from Thailand: U.N.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Ninety-three refugees from Myanmar who have been living in camps in Thailand have gone home, the second such return since 2016, the UN refugee agency on Tuesday, raising hopes for the eventual closure of some of Asia’s oldest refuge…
Turkey’s Erdogan: Need majority in parliament for constitutional changes
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his ruling AK Party needed a parliamentary majority after next month’s snap elections to make constitutional changes until the new executive presidential system becomes fully function…
U.N. food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but lacks funds
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into boosting food distributions, in the latest sign of an opening in the isolated country.
Two dead in car bombing at checkpoint near Libya’s oil crescent: official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Two people were killed and four wounded in a car bombing at a checkpoint west of Libya’s biggest oil ports on Tuesday, a senior security official said.
