France’s Valls, seeking presidential ticket, courts traditional socialists
PARIS (Reuters) – Former prime minister Manuel Valls promised to avoid draconian public spending cuts in a pitch for traditional leftwing voters as he laid out his bid on Tuesday to become the ruling Socialist Party’s candidate in France’s presidential…
Eastern Libyan jet makes deadly strike on rival military’s plane
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Forces allied to Libya’s eastern government carried out an air strike against a military transport aircraft in the central district of Jufra on Tuesday, wounding the head of the military council from the rival city o…
Air strikes on ex-Nusra Front building kill at least 30: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes on a building in northern Syria used by an insurgent group formerly known as the Nusra Front killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
German police raid Berlin homes connected to market attacker
BERLIN (Reuters) – German investigators searched a refugee center and a flat in Berlin on Tuesday which they believe were homes to associates of the Tunisian man who killed 12 people in an attack in the capital before Christmas, the federal prosecutor’…
North Korea cannot ‘tip’ missile with nuclear warhead: U.S. State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea continues to pursue nuclear and ballistic missile technologies but the United States does not believe it is in a position to “tip” one of them with a nuclear warhead, State Department spokesman John Kirby said on Tues…
Britain’s EU envoy abruptly resigns just months before formal Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ambassador to the European Union, who sometimes clashed with London over its approach to Europe, abruptly resigned less than three months before Prime Minister Theresa May is due to trigger formal Brexit negotiations.
Turkish fashion designer arrested: reports
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey arrested fashion designer Barbaros Sansal on charges of inciting hatred on social media, a day after he was attacked by baggage handlers at Istanbul’s main airport, state-run media reports said on Tuesday.
Pentagon says it can protect U.S., allies from North Korean missile threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department, reacting to North Korea’s statement that it plans to test an intercontinental ballistic missile, said on Tuesday it was confident in its ability to protect U.S. allies and the U.S. homeland from threa…
U.S.-led coalition carried out flights to support Turkish forces in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition carried out flights in support of Turkish forces near the Islamic State-controlled Syrian town of al-Bab last week but did not carry out air strikes, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said on Tuesday.
Re-print of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ takes Germany by storm
BERLIN (Reuters) – Sales of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have soared since a special edition of the Nazi leader’s political treatise went on sale in Germany a year ago, the German publisher has said.
