In the Sierra Maestra, Castro brothers’ revolution lives on
SANTO DOMINGO, Cuba (Reuters) – In the rugged Sierra Maestra mountains near where Fidel Castro made his hideout as he led a guerrilla uprising in the late 1950s, Cubans say they are still grateful for the land reforms and modern amenities his leftist r…
Potential jurors needed for El Chapo trial. Maybe 1,000
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge said Tuesday he planned to call 800 to 1,000 potential jurors for the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sign of how complex it will be to try drug the Mexican drug lord on trafficking and conspiracy char…
Chemical weapons experts enter site of attack in Syrian town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Global chemical weapons inspectors finally reached the Syrian town on Tuesday where a suspected poison gas attack took place, days after the United States, Britain and France launched missile strikes to punish Damascus for it.
Israel hints it could hit Iran’s ‘air force’ in Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian “air force” deployed in neighboring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions wi…
Bulgarian says innocent of charges that he breached U.S. embargo on Syria
SOFIA (Reuters) – When Bulgarian student Zhelyaz Andreev got a job at the Sofia office of a Miami-based company to help pay his way through university the last thing he expected was to be sucked into an international incident. He was wrong.
Study of Marco Polo’s will sheds new light on famed traveler
ROME (Reuters) – On January 9, 1324, the Venetian traveler, merchant and writer Marco Polo was preparing for his final journey – to the afterlife that he as a God-fearing Christian was certain existed.
British PM May faces embarrassing Brexit defeat in upper house
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament is expected to inflict an embarrassing defeat on Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, challenging her refusal to remain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit.
EU a haven from world’s dangers, Macron tells Europeans
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europeans on Tuesday to halt a retreat into national antagonisms and rebuild the European Union as a bulwark for liberal democracy against a disorderly and dangerous world.
Children of Iraq’s Kawliya return to school after 14-year break
AL-ZUHOOR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kawliya minority, also known as the country’s gypsies, have long been marginalized by society.
In Syria’s Raqqa, corpses still lie in the rubble
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – The stench of rotting corpses rises from piles of rubble and destroyed buildings that line the streets of Syria’s Raqqa, serving as a bitter reminder of the brutal battle for the recapture of the former Islamic State stronghold.
