Rebels say Syrian army, Iranian-backed militias launch offensive in eastern desert
AMMAN (Reuters) – Western-backed Syrian rebels holding a strategic swathe of the desert southeast stretching to the Iraqi border said they came under major attack on Tuesday from government forces and allied Iranian-backed militias backed by Russian ai…
U.S. State Department questions Gulf motives on Qatar boycott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department bluntly questioned on Tuesday the motives of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for their boycott of Doha, saying it was “mystified” the Gulf states had not released their grievances over Qatar.
Russia’s Lavrov: new U.S. sanctions ‘regrettable’, ‘Russophobia’ beyond all bounds
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday new sanctions imposed against Russian companies and individuals were “regrettable” and that “Russophobia” in the United States was raging “beyond all bounds”.
State Department presses North Korea to release detained Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States holds North Korea accountable for its treatment of U.S. student Otto Warmbier and wants three other U.S. citizens detained by Pyongyang to be freed as soon as possible, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday….
Argentina police seize cache of hidden Nazi artifacts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine police have seized a cache of Nazi artifacts hidden behind a library in the house of an art collector in Buenos Aires, including a bust of dictator Adolf Hitler and instruments used as racial classification tools.
Trump says China tried but failed to help on North Korea
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese efforts to persuade North Korea to rein in its nuclear program have failed, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, ratcheting up the rhetoric over the death of an American student who had been detained by Pyongya…
Children of Islamic State militants in Libya reunite with families in Khartoum
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Qamr al-Dawla Abdullah had never met his niece and nephew who grew up in Libya, where their father Yehia was killed fighting alongside Islamic State, but he stood tearfully at Khartoum’s airport on Tuesday waiting to pick them up.
Italy tourism minister says crowds should be limited at famous sites
ROME (Reuters) – Tourist flows should be monitored at famous sites in Italy in cities like Rome and Florence, with access limited when crowd numbers swell, the culture and tourism minister said on Tuesday.
Russia says new U.S. sanctions will not alter Moscow’s course: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – New sanctions imposed by the United States on Russian companies and individuals over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis will not affect Moscow’s policy, RIA news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying …
Venezuelan opposition lawmakers protest at military base
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition lawmakers placed pretend coffins and body bags at gates of the National Guard headquarters on Tuesday in protest after the latest fatality in anti-government unrest that has killed at least 75 people since April…
