Iraqi forces push Islamic State further back in Mosul: military
MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces pushed deeper into Islamic State-held districts in eastern Mosul and army units fought the insurgents inside a military base in the city’s north, officials said during the day on Tuesday.
World leaders should consider reopening G7 to Russia: Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Russia is an important international partner and world leaders should consider inviting it back to the annual summit of major industrialized nations, Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said on Tuesday.
Bomb blast in Baghdad kills at least seven: police and medical sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb blast in southern Baghdad killed at least seven people and wounded 20 on Tuesday, police and medical sources said.
Underwater search for missing Malaysian flight ends without a trace
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Tuesday without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said.
Germany says NATO concerned about Trump ‘obsolete’ remark
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Minister said on Monday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that NATO was obsolete had aroused concern across the 28-member alliance.
Vatican orders Knights of Malta to cooperate with papal inquiry
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican demanded on Tuesday that the leaders of the Knights of Malta, a worldwide Catholic chivalric and charity group, cooperate with an inquiry into alleged irregularities ordered by Pope Francis.
Rouhani says 10 countries offered to mediate between Saudi and Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 10 countries have offered to mediate in the escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, noting that Tehran would restore ties with Riyadh if Saudi Arabia changes it regional polic…
Norwegians shun Breivik hearing; killer’s only visitor is paid “friend”
OSLO (Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik’s massacre of 77 people still haunts Norwegians, yet ever fewer care about the neo-Nazi locked in a cell where his only “friend” is paid to visit.
East Libyan forces claim control of Islamist holdout in Benghazi
BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern government said on Tuesday they had gained control over one of the last pockets of resistance held by Islamist-dominated opponents in Benghazi.
In U.N. lawsuit, Ukraine demands Russia end support for separatists
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the United Nations’ highest court demanding that Russia immediately halt its support for pro-Moscow separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine.
