Doctor stands trial over Spain’s ‘stolen babies’ scandal
MADRID (Reuters) – An elderly gynecologist went on trial on Tuesday accused of abducting a baby in 1969 and giving her to another woman, the first person to be prosecuted over the “stolen babies” scandal that affected thousands in Spain.
Mattis becomes first U.S. defense chief to visit China under Trump
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relatio…
Rouhani says Iran will not yield to pressure from Trump
LONDON (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani promised Iranians on Tuesday the government would be able to handle the economic pressure of new U.S. sanctions, a day after traders massed outside parliament to protest at a sharp fall in the value of the na…
Syrian army advances in southwest: monitor, state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army has seized a chunk of territory from rebels in the southwest, Syrian state media and a war monitor said on Tuesday, the first major government advance in an offensive near the Jordanian border.
Indonesian election season is a gauge of rise of political Islam
JAKARTA (Reuters) – About 100 residents of a gritty commercial district of Indonesia’s capital listen intently as a man roars into a microphone: “Are you ready to change our president? Are you ready for new leadership?”
France says Malta may let migrant rescue ship dock
PARIS (Reuters) – Malta appears ready to allow the rescue ship Lifeline, stuck in international waters in the Mediterranean sea with more than 230 migrants aboard, to enter one of its ports after Italy refused, a French government spokesman said on Tue…
Chinese warships drill in waters near Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – A formation of Chinese warships has been holding daily combat drills for more than a week in waters near Taiwan, China’s state media said on Tuesday, amid heightened tension between Beijing and the self-ruled island.
Britain’s Prince William starts Israel visit by honoring Holocaust victims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William voiced his horror over the Nazi Holocaust in a solemn start on Tuesday to the first official visit by a British royal to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Van driven into front of Dutch daily De Telegraaf’s head office
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The head office of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf was hit by a delivery van in the small hours of Tuesday in what police said was a deliberate act, but no one was injured.
Before crisis talks, industry chiefs tell Merkel coalition to end row
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leading German industry groups called on the coalition parties to resolve a row over migrant policy, saying the wrangling threatened to undermine the stability of Europe’s biggest economy.
