Saudi coalition violated law with Yemen funeral strike: U.N. monitors
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabia-led military campaign in Yemen violated international humanitarian law with a so-called “double tap” air strike on a funeral gathering in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, United Nations sanctions monitors told the…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian suspected of throwing rocks at them: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian whom they suspected had thrown rocks at them as they patrolled a main West Bank road, the military said.
U.S. service member killed in northern Iraq: military statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. service member died on Thursday from wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Iraq, the U.S.-led military coalition said in a statement.
Venezuelan government slams as racist U.S. campaign ad linking Trump to Chavez
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government has slammed as “racist arrogance” a U.S. Democratic Party campaign ad supporting Hillary Clinton that puts her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in the same category as Hugo Chavez, Benito Mussolini …
Spanish court overturns Catalonian bull-fighting ban
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday overturned a ban on bull fighting imposed in Catalonia, calling it a cultural asset protected under national law in a ruling likely to fuel political tensions between the region and Madrid.
German AfD leader: Trump offers change that may ease U.S.-Russian tensions
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s anti-immigrant party chief said on Thursday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offers the prospect of change in U.S.-Russian relations which could help reduce conflict in Ukraine to Berlin’s advantage.
Exclusive: Iran steps up weapons supply to Yemen’s Houthis via Oman – officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran has stepped up weapons transfers to the Houthis, the militia fighting the Saudi-backed government in Yemen, U.S., Western and Iranian officials tell Reuters, a development that threatens to prolong and intensify the 19-month…
UK police launch terrorism investigation after London Tube incident
LONDON (Reuters) – British police carried out a controlled explosion on a suspicious item found on a London underground station on Thursday, and said counter-terrorism had launched an investigation into the incident.
Ethiopia arrests 1,645 ‘ringleaders and bandits’ in crackdown on violence
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian authorities said on Thursday they had detained 1,645 people since declaring a state of emergency less than two weeks ago in a bid to quell mass protests and violence.
Venezuela opposition ex-governor granted house arrest after year in jail
CARACAS (Reuters) – Manuel Rosales, a former opposition governor and presidential candidate in Venezuela, was granted house arrest after a year in jail, the Supreme Court said late on Wednesday without offering an explanation.
