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.
LexisNexis withdrew two products from Chinese market
LONDON (Reuters) – LexisNexis, a provider of legal, regulatory and business information, said on Tuesday it had withdrawn two products from the Chinese market in March this year after it was asked to remove some content.
