North Korean missiles will be able to reach U.S. after modernization: Ifax cites Russian lawmaker
MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korea’s leadership has told Russian lawmakers that it possesses a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000 kilometers (1864.11 miles) that will be able to reach U.S. territory after modernization, the Interfax news agency report…
Iran says U.S. would aid terrorism if it declared Revolutionary Guards terrorists
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday that the United States would be “joining the terrorists’ camp” if it chose to designate its elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) a terrorist organization.
EU’s center-right FinMins back Spain in Catalan crisis: Spain
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Europe’s center-right finance ministers support Spain’s central government in dismissing a contested independence referendum in the country’s Catalonia region, Spain’s finance minister said.
Tunisian navy rescues 100 migrants, hours after eight drown
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s navy rescued almost 100 migrants from a sinking boat off its southeast coast late on Monday, authorities said, hours after eight people being smuggled to Europe drowned in the same stretch of water.
Thai junta sets firm date for election after many false starts
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet for the vote since taking power in a 2014 military coup.
Police: gunmen kill two in attack on Kenya university students
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Two staff members were killed and several students were wounded in Kenya when gunmen fired on vehicles carrying students to the Technical University of Mombasa’s campus in coastal Kwale county on Tuesday, a police official an…
Gunmen open fire at Kenya university, injuring several students: witness
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Several students have been injured in Kenya after gunmen opened fire at the Technical University of Mombasa’s campus in coastal Kwale county.
Election campaigning underway in Japan as Abe takes on Hope
TOKYO (Reuters) – Election campaigning in Japan began in earnest on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeking to repel an upstart new party that has pledged to rid the government of cronyism in a challenge to Abe’s near-five year hold on power.
Philippine lawmakers reject fifth Duterte cabinet pick
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine lawmakers rejected President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice of health secretary on Tuesday, making her the fifth cabinet member to have been turned down since Duterte came to power.
Two prison inmates under investigation for plotting attacks in France
PARIS (Reuters) – Two inmates in a French prison have been placed under formal investigation days before their expected release from jail on suspicion of plotting attacks, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
