Indian journalist shot dead at her residence
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A senior Indian journalist was shot dead on Tuesday in the southern city of Bengaluru by unidentified assailants, police said.
‘Potentially catastrophic’ Irma barrels toward Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most forceful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across the ocean on Tuesday on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bearing down on the northern Caribbean with a de…
Venezuela arrests top oil executive, eight other PDVSA employees: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested the state oil company’s boss for the western region and eight other executives at PDVSA, according to an internal company memo and a half-dozen sources in the OPEC member’s oil industry.
Sanctions doubts grow as North Korea warns of ‘gift packages’ for U.S.
GENEVA/SEOUL (Reuters) – A top North Korean diplomat on Tuesday warned that his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to Pyongyang’s latest nuclear weapons test.
Colombia’s Golfo crime gang willing to surrender, president says
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s notorious Golfo Clan crime gang, one of the country’s most violent, has told the government it is willing to surrender, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday.
‘Suicidal’ Danish submarine owner says journalist killed by hatch cover
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Swedish journalist Kim Wall died when she was accidentally hit by a heavy hatch cover on board a home-made submarine, the Danish owner of the vessel testified in court on Tuesday.
Egypt says suspended U.S. military exercises to resume
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces said on Tuesday that joint U.S.-Egyptian military exercises will resume this month for the first time since 2009, after U.S. officials canceled them in 2013 following an Egyptian army crackdown on protests.
EU executive to raise pressure on Poland on Wednesday: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission should ask member states on Wednesday to review again whether the Polish government is abusing democratic standards, piling pressure on Warsaw, three sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Venezuelan opposition pins hopes on elections as protests falter
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition is shifting its focus to forthcoming state elections as protests aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro have subsided following the installation of an all-powerful, pro-government legislative body.
Exclusive: Crowded Bangladesh revives plan to settle Rohingya on isolated island
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest and most crowded nations, plans to go ahead with work to develop an isolated, flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal to temporarily house tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence i…
