Scores reported killed in gas attack on Syrian rebel area
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suspected Syrian government chemical attack killed scores of people, including children, in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitoring group, medics and rescue workers in the rebel-held area said.
Hungary readies vote to rein in Soros-founded university
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary may approve a new law as soon as Tuesday that could force a university founded by financier George Soros out of the country despite a protest against the plan in Budapest and condemnation abroad.
Anger burns on Vietnam’s poisoned coast a year after spill
QUANG TRI, Vietnam (Reuters) – “The big fish are all dead,” complained 50 year-old Mai Xuan Hoa, picking small fish from a net as he tried to rebuild his livelihood a year after Vietnam’s worst environmental disaster.
Likely suspect in St. Petersburg blast is Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen
BISHKEK (Reuters) – The likely suspect in a deadly blast in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, Kyrgyzstan’s security service said on Tuesday.
Somalia’s al Shabaab takes town after Ethiopian troops leave, official says
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group has taken control of El Bur, a town in the Horn of Africa’s semi-autonomous region of Galmudug, after Ethiopian forces left, a government official has said.
Brazil’s black market pipeline: Gangs hijack Petrobras’ oil, fuel
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – In September, police investigating a wave of killings in the northern Rio de Janeiro suburbs followed a tip to the isolated scrubland near the massive Duque de Caxias oil refinery.
Canada Liberals unscathed as by-elections return status quo
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged unscathed from his first real test with voters on Monday as the incumbent party held onto power in five by-elections across the country, leaving Trudeau’s Liberals with an undiminished m…
Mexico newspaper announces closure, citing risk of violence
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – A Mexican newspaper in the border city of Ciudad Juarez is shutting down due to the risk of violence after a string of killings of reporters around the country, the paper’s owner said on Monday.
Philippines’ Duterte fires interior minister over corruption allegations
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired his interior minister for “loss of trust and confidence”, the most senior government executive to be removed for corruption issues, two Cabinet officials said on Tuesday.
As Trump-Xi summit looms, evidence of strained ties on China-North Korea border
NANPING/DANDONG, China (Reuters) – In the Northeast Asia Special Region straddling China’s border with North Korea, the area around Nanping village is dotted with half-finished buildings, cranes on empty lots, piles of concrete pipes and a few construc…
