Trump promotes his goal of Middle East peace, offers no details
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump used his centerpiece Holy Land speech on Tuesday to reaffirm his commitment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but he offered no new details on how to achieve a goal that has eluded U.S. leaders for…
Turkey issues arrest warrants for dozens at telecoms and capital market bodies: CNN Turk
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have issued detention orders for 33 people at the telecommunications watchdog and 36 people at the capital markets watchdog, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday.
Activists say man killed in security raid on Bahrain Shi’ite village
DUBAI (Reuters) – Activists said security forces killed a protester during a raid on the home village of Bahrain’s Shi’ite Muslim spiritual leader on Tuesday.
Car bomb explodes in Syria’s Homs: state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded in Homs on Tuesday morning, Syrian state television said, two days after the city passed back under full government control for the first time since 2011.
Two men publicly caned in Indonesia for having gay sex
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Religious police in Indonesia caned two men for gay sex on Tuesday, with hooded men inflicting 82 lashes on each of them as hundreds of people watched the punishment ordered by an Islamic court.
Myanmar army rejects U.N. findings of abuses in Rohingya crackdown
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s army on Tuesday rejected allegations of human rights abuses during its crackdown on Rohingya Muslim last year, made by the United Nations in a report on the offensive that forced some 75,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring …
Exclusive: U.S., Japanese firms collaborating on new missile defense radars – sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Raytheon Co and Lockheed Martin Corp are working with Japanese partners on rival projects to develop new radars that will enhance Japan’s shield against any North Korean missile strike, government and defense industry sources in Toky…
Merkel’s CDU, pro-business liberals gain ground in poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives widened the lead over their Social Democrat rivals, according to a poll published on Tuesday, which showed her party and the pro-business Free Democrats winning enough seats to govern t…
Exclusive: U.S. starts ‘extreme vetting’ at Australia’s offshore detention centers
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security officials have begun “extreme vetting” interviews at Australia’s offshore detention centers, two sources at the camps told Reuters on Tuesday, as Washington honors a refugee swap that U.S. President Donald Trum…
Thailand reassures foreigners following Bangkok hospital attack
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s foreign ministry on Tuesday reassured the international community that the country would increase security at sensitive locations a day after a bomb exploded at a hospital in the capital Bangkok wounding 24 people.
