Roadside bomb kills at least 4 troops in Somalia town: officials
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least four soldiers were killed and five wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb that Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it planted exploded outside a military camp in a town near Mogadishu, officials said.
Pakistan tests second nuclear-capable missile this month
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan successfully tested a new nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile on Tuesday that is able to deliver multiple warheads and evade radar detection, the army’s media wing said.
Under cover of night, Syrian wounded seek help from enemy Israel
GOLAN HEIGHTS (Reuters) – It happens nearly every night. After dark, the Syrian wounded come to known locations on the Israel-Syria front in the Golan Heights, driven by desperation to seek help from an enemy army.
Hong Kong to release Singapore’s seized troop carriers
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Hong Kong is to release armored vehicles belonging to Singapore impounded in the Chinese-ruled city on their way home from military exercises in Taiwan, Singapore said on Tuesday.
Ukraine says Russian sanctions must stay, rejects talk of Trump deal
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday world powers should keep sanctions on Russia, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to consider reducing the penalties if Moscow proved a useful ally.
Scandal, gaffes mar ex-U.N. chief’s presidential prospects in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favorite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a family corruption scandal and struggled with a skeptica…
Fire-prone Indonesian province declares early emergency to combat “haze”
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s fire-prone Riau province declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the disaster mitigation agency said, after President Joko Widodo urged regional authorities to avoid a repeat of fires that smothered Southeast Asia in s…
Jordanian King to visit Russia to discuss counter-terrorism – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah will visit Moscow on Jan. 25 and discuss steps to combat terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Britain’s Brexit plans unlikely to be slowed by Article 50 defeat
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to start the process of Britain leaving the European Union by the end of March are unlikely to be hindered or slowed by Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling the government must seek parliamentary approval…
Italy avalanche death toll rises to 14
FARINDOLA, Italy (Reuters) – Rescuers working through the night pulled five more bodies from the wreck of a hotel in central Italy that was razed by an avalanche last week, bringing the death toll to 14, the national fire brigade said on Tuesday.
