Egyptian air strikes hit 12 vehicles crossing from Libya: military
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian air strikes destroyed 12 vehicles loaded with arms, ammunition and explosive material trying to cross the border from Libya, the army spokesman said on Tuesday.
UK says 95 buildings fail safety checks after London tower block fire
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday Britain must hold a national investigation into exterior cladding used on high-rise buildings after all those checked after the deadly London tower block blaze this month failed safety tests…
Iran’s Zarif raps U.S. Supreme Court’s partial revival of travel ban
BERLIN (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister criticized on Tuesday a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to revive part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban imposed on citizens from six majority Muslim countries, saying it would boost militants in the M…
French parliament opens in test for Macron’s many novice lawmakers
PARIS (Reuters) – The youngest, most ethnically diverse and gender-balanced parliament in France’s modern history held its first session on Tuesday as President Emmanuel Macron’s deputies, many of them political novices, got down to business.
Iraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul from Islamic State, PM sees victory soon
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces on Tuesday pushed towards the river side of Mosul’s Old City, their key target in the eight-month campaign to capture Islamic State’s de-facto capital, and Iraq’s prime minister predicted victory very soon.
Hong Kong wealth gap at its widest in decades as handover anniversary nears
HONG KONG (Reuters) – As Hong Kong marks 20 years since the former British colony was handed back to China, vegetable seller Lau Mei-tin is in no mood to celebrate.
Ninety-five buildings fail safety tests after London fire: PM
LONDON (Reuters) – Ninety-five buildings have failed safety tests introduced after at least 79 people were killed in a fire that ravaged a tower block in west London earlier this month, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday…
Court confirms Dutch U.N. peacekeepers partly liable for Srebrenica massacre
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday confirmed that the Netherlands was partly liable for the deaths in 1995 of some 300 Muslim males who were expelled from a Dutch U.N. base after the surrounding area was overrun by Bosnian Serb troo…
Germany and France to lead post-Brexit EU in further integration
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – More EU integration is a “foregone conclusion”, and France and Germany will take the lead on post-Brexit reforms starting this year, the European Union’s second-in-command said, adding that he hoped the east-west split in the bloc …
Cyprus has best, but not last, chance to resolve conflict: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Talks on the long-running Cyprus conflict are the best chance, but maybe not the last chance, to get an agreement, U.N. envoy Espen Barth Eide on Tuesday on the eve of negotiations between the leaders of the two Cypriot sides in a Sw…
