Exclusive: Dance colleague identifies Putin’s younger daughter
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A colleague of Katerina Tikhonova from the world of acrobatic rock’n’roll has confirmed that she is the younger daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Greek police raids find explosives, nine held over links to banned Turkish group
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police found bomb-making equipment and detonators in raids in Athens on Tuesday and were questioning nine people over suspected links to a banned militant group in Turkey ahead of an expected visit by Turkish President Tayyip E…
Colombia’s congress approves peace tribunals for ex FARC rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s lower house of congress late on Monday backed a bill to regulate transitional justice under the nation’s peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, including special tribunals that will try guerrilla leaders for war crimes.
France says G5 Sahel force implementation is too slow
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (Reuters) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the implementation of a West African force set up to fight Islamist militants was taking too much time.
Damascus shelling eases after Russian truce proposal
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Shelling hit the last major rebel stronghold near Damascus on Tuesday but it was less intense than in recent days, a war monitor and witness said, the same day Russia had proposed a ceasefire for the area.
Kenya president sworn-in as police block rival opposition meeting
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday as riot police sealed off an area where the opposition planned a rival gathering and teargassed people trying to reach…
Turkey, United States ‘on same wavelength’, to speak again this week: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump last week were the first occasion in a long time the two NATO allies were “on the same wavelength” and they would speak against this week.
Southern Indian city welcomes Ivanka Trump at business summit
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – India rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday for Ivanka Trump, daughter of the U.S. president, who was set to attend a business summit in the southern tech hub of Hyderabad, where thousands of policemen stood on guard.
Tourists, authorities feel the heat as Bali volcano keeps airport closed
KARANGASEM, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia kept the airport on Bali closed on Tuesday as ash from an erupting volcano swept the holiday island, leaving thousands of tourists stranded as authorities tried to persuade villagers living nearby to leave th…
As Myanmar grapples with Rohingya crisis Pope stresses unity in diversity
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Pope Francis held talks with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, the second day of a visit fraught with tension after the United States accused the Southeast Asian nation of “ethnic cleansing” against its Muslim Rohingya p…
