Colombia begins peace talks with ELN rebels to end 52-year war
BOGOTA/QUITO (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist ELN rebels began official peace talks with the government on Tuesday in a bid to end their part in a five-decade conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, damaged the economy and left millions…
Iran scorns Trump, rebuffs U.S. warning on missiles
DUBAI (Reuters) – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday dismissed the U.S. decision to put Iran “on notice” over its missile tests and called President Donald Trump the “real face” of American corruption.
Peru prosecutors seek arrest of ex-president Toledo in graft inquiry
LIMA (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Peru asked a judge to order the arrest of former President Alejandro Toledo on Tuesday for suspected involvement in a bribery scheme linked to scandal-plagued Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA.
Syrian government, rebels swap more than 100 prisoners in Hama
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government and rebel groups swapped dozens of women prisoners and hostages, some of them with their children, in Hama province on Tuesday evening, a monitor and a rebel official said.
Argentina to contact Brazil, Switzerland on alleged spy chief bribes
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A federal judge in Argentina has moved to request information from Brazil and Switzerland to determine if President Mauricio Macri’s spy chief received bribe money from builder Odebrecht in 2013, state-run news agency Telam rep…
Suspect in Louvre attack wanted to harm paintings, avenge Syrian people: source
PARIS (Reuters) – A man arrested by police for attacking soldiers with a machete outside the Louvre museum in Paris last week said he wanted to damage paintings and “avenge” the Syrian people, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
Gulf-backed Yemeni forces capture Red Sea coast city: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemeni government forces backed by Gulf Arab troops have secured the Red Sea coast city of al-Mokha, United Arab Emirates news agency WAM reported on Tuesday, in a push that paves the way for an advance on the country’s main port city…
Merkel receives warm welcome in once frosty Warsaw
WARSAW (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared on Tuesday to win promises of closer cooperation from Poland’s eurosceptic rulers, during a visit to Warsaw to discuss reforms essential for the European Union to tackle mounting divisions ov…
President backs protest-hit Romanian government to stay
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president on Tuesday tore into the Social Democrat-led government over a corruption decree that has sparked the biggest protests since the 1989 fall of communism but backed it to stay in power, in a potential reprieve fo…
United Nations, EU condemn Israel legalizing settlements on Palestinian land
BRUSSELS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief and the United Nations secretary-general on Tuesday criticized an Israeli move to legalize thousands of settler homes on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
