Swedish prosecutor arrives to question Assange for second day at Ecuador’s UK embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren arrived at Ecuador’s London embassy on Tuesday to question Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in connection with a rape investigation, a Reuters photographer at the scene said.
Turkey-backed rebels close in on IS-held Syrian city al-Bab: Turkish PM
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey-backed rebels are nearing the Syrian city of al-Bab and the area will be cleared of Islamic State militants soon, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday.
South Korea’s Park retains lawyer as she tries to ride out her biggest crisis yet
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye has retained a lawyer ahead of questioning by prosecutors investigating a favors scandal engulfing her administration, her office said on Tuesday, as she tries to ride out the biggest crisis of her…
Air strike hits third Syrian hospital in 24 hours: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike hit a hospital in the rebel-held Syrian village of Awaijel, west of Aleppo killing at least one person in the early hours of Tuesday, a day after attacks on two other hospitals in the region, a war monitor said.
Police raid mosques, flats across Germany as government bans Islamist group
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police launched dawn raids on mosques, apartments and offices in ten German states on Tuesday, and the government banned a group it accused of trying to recruit fighters for Islamic State, the interior ministry said.
Russian Economy Minister Ulyukayev detained in bribery case
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators said on Tuesday they had detained Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev in a bribery case linked to a $5 billion acquisition by state oil giant Rosneft, a surprise move that may expose fault lines in Vladimir Putin’…
Bangkok bomb trial of Chinese Uighurs begins after delays
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The trial of two Chinese ethnic Uighur men suspected of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in Bangkok in 2015 began on Tuesday after three postponements due to defense lawyers being unable to find suitable interpreters for their clie…
Lotte Group chief questioned by prosecutors over S.Korea’s political scandal: YTN
SEOUL (Reuters) – Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is being questioned by South Korean prosecutors over the country’s political scandal, broadcaster YTN reported on Tuesday.
Japan approves rescue missions for troops in South Sudan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Tuesday approved a plan for its troops in South Sudan on U.N. peacekeeping operations to conduct rescue missions, amid critics’ concerns the move risks embroiling Japanese soldiers in their first overseas fighting since World…
Islamic State claims suicide attacks as Mosul campaign makes slow progress
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed a series of suicide attacks that killed at least 14 people south and west of Baghdad on Monday as a U.S.-backed campaign to capture Mosul, the insurgents’ last urban stronghold in Iraq, made slow progress.
