Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported
LIMA (Reuters) – A Boeing jet operated by Peruvian Airlines caught fire on Tuesday while landing at an airport near the Andean town of Jauja in central Peru after it swerved on the runway, but there were no serious injuries, a government minister said….
U.N. picks former U.S. state governor to run World Food Programme
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed former South Carolina Governor David Beasley to run the Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP), at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed slashing funding for t…
Exclusive: Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow – sources
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent attacks from Taliban insurgents and other Islamist …
Obama’s defense chief doesn’t see big changes in Iraq campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ash Carter, who until January was U.S. defense secretary, said on Tuesday he did not see major changes in the campaign against Islamic State since President Donald Trump took office, amid accusations the U.S. military may be rela…
If arrested, South Korea’s Park will be in larger cell than others, but lights out at 9
SEOUL (Reuters) – If ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye is arrested this week, she will be sent to a solitary cell where she will be expected to rise at 6:30 a.m. and go to bed by 9 p.m.
Strike in Syria hit militants, not civilians: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. general in Iraq told reporters on Tuesday that a strike near the Islamic-State-held Syrian city of Raqqa last week appears to have killed dozens of militants and not civilians.
U.S. Senate backs Montenegro’s membership in NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed the expansion of NATO to allow Montenegro to join the alliance, hoping to send a message that the United States will push back against Russian efforts to increase its influence in …
France’s Macron confident of winning parliamentary majority
PARIS (Reuters) – French centrist Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he expected his untested new party to be able to form a parliamentary majority after legislative elections in June if he wins the presidency in May.
Argentina has ‘very small’ budget to buy defense aircraft: minister
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina has few funds available to replace an outdated military fleet beyond buying 12 Beechraft Texan aircraft to train pilots, Defense Minister Julio Martinez told Reuters on Tuesday.
Islamic State beheads two for ‘sorcery’ in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s branch in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula posted a video on Tuesday depicting the beheading of two men the militant Islamist group said it had found guilty of practicing witchcraft and sorcery.
