Deaths by firearms reach record highs in Mexico: study
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Murder by firearms in Mexico have hit record levels under the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto as the death toll from gang violence worsens, a study showed on Tuesday.
France, U.N. tell Trump action on climate change unstoppable
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the risks of quitting a 2015 global plan to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels is unsto…
U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An International Criminal Court investigation of possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan is not “warranted or appropriate,” the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday after prosecutors in The Hague found initial grounds …
Islamic State kills civilians in Mosul to deter support for army
BAGHDAD/QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with U.S.-backed security forces, which said their offensive to recapture the city from the jihadists had made further advances.
Air strikes pound rebel-held east Aleppo after weeks-long pause
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intense air strikes resumed in rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo after a weeks-long pause on Tuesday, killing at least three people, residents and a war monitor said.
Key Venezuela lawmakers step down in concession to government
CARACAS (Reuters) – Three opposition lawmakers at the center of a dispute between Venezuela’s congress and its top court stepped down on Tuesday following an agreement meant to ease a political standoff between the opposition and President Nicolas Maduro.
Air strike targeting militants kills seven in southern Libya: official
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An air strike targeting Islamist militants has killed at least seven people near the southwestern Libyan city of Sabha, a local official and media reports said on Tuesday.
‘I was forced to kill my best friend’, former DRC child soldier says
COVENTRY, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was during an ordinary game of soccer when Michel Chikwanine was abducted at age 5 by rebel soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and recruited into the army.
Argentina shifts drug trafficking offensive to private ports
ROSARIO, Argentina (Reuters) – Argentina’s government has stepped up security at the ports in its main grain exporting hub of Rosario, counting on cooperation with private terminal operators to keep drug traffickers away from a key industry.
North Korea does not care who is president of United States
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea does not care who is president of the United States, a senior Pyongyang-based diplomat said during a visit to the United Nations on Tuesday following the election of Donald Trump to succeed President Barack Obama….
