Manslaughter charges possible in London tower block fire disaster: police
LONDON (Reuters) – The criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire that killed about 80 people in London in June could result in manslaughter charges, but any prosecutions could be months away due to the complexity of the forensic work, police …
Jihadists launch big attack on Syrian government near Hama
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Jihadists launched an offensive against government-held parts of northwestern Syria near Hama on Tuesday in their biggest attack there since March, triggering heavy air strikes on rebel territory, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rig…
Waving German flag, far-right and anti-Islam groups rally together before vote
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – In the shadows of a Dresden church, hundreds of Alternative for Germany party members rallied with anti-Islam activists, counting down the days to a vote set to make the AfD the first far-right group in parliament in more t…
China, Singapore look to put difficulties behind them
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Singapore on Tuesday sought to put recent difficulties in their relationship over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea behind them as Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong began a trip to Beijing.
Germany’s SPD narrows gap with Merkel’s conservatives – poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) slightly narrowed their gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in a poll published on Tuesday five days before a federal election.
Egypt’s Sisi, Israel’s Netanyahu meet for first time in public
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met for the first time in public in what Egypt said was part of an effort to revive the Middle East peace process.
Israel says shoots down drone over Golan Heights frontier with Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel shot down a pilotless aircraft that tried to enter its airspace at its Golan Heights frontier with Syria on Tuesday, the Israeli military said.
Rebels say U.S. evacuates base in southern Syrian desert
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. troops and allied Arab fighters have evacuated a garrison set up in June in the Syrian desert near the border with Iraq and relocated to their main Tanf base, rebel sources said on Tuesday.
Turkish tanks trained on northern Iraq in show of force ahead of vote
SIRNAK, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish troops dug in on the country’s southern border on Tuesday and turned their weapons toward Kurdish-run northern Iraq, where authorities plan an independence referendum in defiance of Ankara and Western powers.
5-Star’s young, popular Di Maio charts course to be Italy PM
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement looks poised to name Luigi Di Maio as its candidate for prime minister in elections early next year and, if opinion polls are to be believed, the earnest 31-year-old has a good chance of winni…
