Venezuela’s top prosecutor has left Colombia for Brazil
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor Luisa Ortega, who fled the socialist country last week, has left Colombia for Brazil, Colombia’s migration agency said on Tuesday.
Headless torso could belong to submarine journalist: Danish police
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police said on Tuesday the size of a headless female torso found on the sea’s edge in Copenhagen suggested it could be that of a Swedish journalist who died after taking a submarine ride with the vessel’s Danish inventor.
Macron to urge euro zone reform on trip to Greece next month
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Athens next month to send a message to fellow euro zone leaders about the need to strengthen the currency union, at a time when Greece is emerging from years of economic crisis, French o…
Exclusive: Rohingya villagers blockaded amid fresh tensions in Myanmar’s Rakhine – residents
YANGON (Reuters) – Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been blockaded inside their area by their Buddhist neighbors in a western Myanmar village, residents say, as religious tensions in troubled Rakhine state spread to a more ethnically mixed part of the…
Bangladesh upholds death sentences on politician, 14 members of elite force, for murders
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladesh court on Tuesday upheld death sentences on a leading politician and 14 members of an elite military force, including a senior officer, for the abduction and murder of seven people in 2014.
Trump talks tough on Pakistan’s ‘terrorist’ havens, but options scarce
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Outlining a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, U.S. President Donald Trump chastised Pakistan over its alleged support for Afghan militants – an approach analysts say will probably not change Pakistan’s strategic calculation…
Barcelona plot suspect tells Spanish court that group planned bigger attack with explosives
MADRID (Reuters) – An alleged member of an Islamist group that carried out the Barcelona van attack told a Spanish court on Tuesday that the group had been planning a much bigger attack using explosives, a judicial source said.
Row over haj pilgrimage helps fuel Qatar rift
DOHA (Reuters) – A row over access for Qataris to Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage is further poisoning relations between their country and Saudi Arabia and aggravating a wider diplomatic rift with other Arab powers.
U.S.-led strikes kill more than 170 Raqqa civilians, monitor, sources say
AMMAN (Reuters) – More than 170 civilians have been killed by U.S.-led strikes on Islamic State in Raqqa city in the past week, a spike in casualties since an offensive to oust the militants began more than two months ago, a war monitor and sources sai…
Paris revels in tourism surge, but cautious after Barcelona
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris is on track to welcome more tourists this year than ever before after a bumper first half, a senior official said, though some would-be visitors might think again after the Barcelona attack.
