Israeli army says didn’t deliberately kill Palestinian nurse in Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Tuesday initial findings from an investigation into the killing of a Palestinian nurse during protests on the Gaza border showed that she was not shot deliberately.
Turkish dam project deepens anxiety in Iraq over water shortages
ISTANBUL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Turkey has started holding back water behind its Ilisu dam, a step that has alarmed neighbouring Iraq, a major trade partner that faces what its government says is a water crisis.
Syrian Kurdish YPG says will pull military advisers from Manbij
BEIRUT/ANKARA (Reuters) – The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Tuesday its military advisers would leave Syria’s Manbij, a day after Turkey and the United States reached an agreement for administering the area that includes a longstanding Turkish dem…
Seeking French support, Netanyahu raises alarm over Iran enrichment plan
PARIS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince European states to abandon a nuclear deal with Iran, saying that Tehran’s threats to increase uranium enrichment capacity showed it still planned to destroy Israe…
Jordan’s king appoints economist to form new government, calls for tax dialogue
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah tasked a former World Bank economist on Tuesday with forming a new government and called for broad talks on a planned income tax law that has provoked the country’s biggest protests in years.
Italy’s new PM vows radical change as party bosses nod
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new prime minister promised on Tuesday to bring radical change to the country, including more welfare and a crackdown on immigration, as the two party bosses who hold the keys to his anti-establishment government nodded their a…
U.S. pushes NATO to ready more forces to deter Russian threat
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is pressing its European allies to get more NATO battalions, ships and planes ready for combat, officials say, in a fresh move to shore up NATO’s deterrence against any Russian attack.
Myanmar defense lawyers say documents from Reuters reporters’ phones ‘not secret’
YANGON (Reuters) – Documents Myanmar police say they found on the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing state secrets were not confidential, defense lawyers said on Tuesday, because the information was publicly available before t…
Evidence shows coalition attacks on Syria’s Raqqa broke law: Amnesty
BEIRUT (Reuters) – There is evidence that attacks by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year broke international law by endangering the lives of civilians, human rights group Amnesty International said on Tues…
Iran is preparing for possible increase of enrichment capacity if deal fails: nuclear chief
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran has begun preparations to boost its uranium enrichment capacity, its nuclear chief said on Tuesday, adding to pressure on European powers trying to save a nuclear accord with Tehran in peril after a U.S. withdrawal.
